Torment in Malayalam

ഉപദ്രവിക്കുക (upadravikkuka) is to torment, harass or make life difficult for someone, and it ranges from a child pestering a sibling to serious persecution. It carries the standard infinitive ending. For the noun, the suffering itself, ബാധ (baadha) is the word.

Most common translation

ഉപദ്രവിക്കുക (upadravikkuka)

Torment, harass, trouble, annoy.

മൃഗങ്ങളെ ഉപദ്രവിക്കുക എന്നത് തെറ്റാണ്.

mrigangale upadravikkuka ennathu thettaanu.

Harming animals is wrong.

All Malayalam words for “torment”

ദ്രോഹിക്കുക (drohikkuka) and നരുക്കുക (narukkuka) are heavier, to harm and to crush, while ബാധിക്കുക (badhikkuka) often means to afflict in the sense of an illness or a spirit taking hold.

Common questions

How do you say torment in Malayalam?

The verb is ഉപദ്രവിക്കുക (upadravikkuka); the noun is ബാധ (baadha).

Why does ബാധ (baadha) also mean possession by spirits?

The noun covers any affliction that settles on a person, and in traditional usage that includes being troubled by a spirit.