TORTURING Synonyms
11 hypernyms for torturing. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for TORTURING
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| torment | verb, noun v, 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 | verb v | |||||
verb • torment emotionally or mentally • subject to torture | ||||||
| agony | noun n | |||||
noun • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • a state of acute pain | ||||||
| anguish | noun n | |||||
noun • extreme mental distress • extreme distress of body or mind verb • suffer great pains or distress • cause emotional anguish or make miserable | ||||||
| distortion | noun n | |||||
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 | noun n | |||||
noun • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean | ||||||
| rack | verb, noun v, 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, adjective v, 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 | ||||||
| twisting | verb, adjective v, 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 | ||||||