TORTURED Synonyms
There are 19 hypernyms of the word tortured. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for TORTURED
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| afflicted | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • grievously affected especially by disease • mentally or physically unfit | ||||||
| agonized | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • expressing pain or agony | ||||||
| anguished | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • experiencing intense pain especially mental pain | ||||||
| distressed | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • generalized feeling of distress adjective satellite • facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty • suffering severe physical strain or distress • afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief | ||||||
| pained | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed | ||||||
| suffering | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of acute pain • misery resulting from affliction • psychological suffering • feelings of mental or physical pain adjective satellite • troubled by pain or loss • very unhappy; full of misery | ||||||
| tormented | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • experiencing intense pain especially mental pain • tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears | ||||||
| wretched | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • of very poor quality or condition • characterized by physical misery • very unhappy; full of misery • morally reprehensible • deserving or inciting pity | ||||||
| torment | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • unbearable physical pain • extreme mental distress • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented • a severe affliction • the act of harassing someone verb • torment emotionally or mentally • treat cruelly • subject to torture | ||||||
| excruciate | verbv | |||||
verb • torment emotionally or mentally • subject to torture | ||||||
| agony | nounn | |||||
noun • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • a state of acute pain | ||||||
| anguish | nounn | |||||
noun • extreme mental distress • extreme distress of body or mind verb • suffer great pains or distress • cause emotional anguish or make miserable | ||||||
| distortion | nounn | |||||
noun • a change for the worse • a shape resulting from distortion • an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image • a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal) • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean • the mistake of misrepresenting the facts | ||||||
| overrefinement | nounn | |||||
noun • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean | ||||||
| rack | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton • the destruction or collapse of something • an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims • a support for displaying ot holding various articles • a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body • a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately verb • go at a rack • stretch to the limits • put on a rack and pinion • obtain by coercion or intimidation • run before a gale • fly in high wind • draw off from the lees • torment emotionally or mentally • work on a rack • seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block • place in a rack • torture on the rack | ||||||
| straining | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • an intense or violent exertion • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean adjective satellite • taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance | ||||||
| torturing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason adjective satellite • extremely painful | ||||||
| twisting | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean • the act of rotating rapidly adjective satellite • marked by repeated turns and bends | ||||||