ALL meanings of torture
tor·ture
T t - noun torture the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty. 1
- noun torture a method of inflicting such pain. 1
- noun torture Often, tortures. the pain or suffering caused or undergone. 1
- noun torture extreme anguish of body or mind; agony. 1
- noun torture a cause of severe pain or anguish. 1
- verb with object torture to subject to torture. 1
- verb with object torture to afflict with severe pain of body or mind: My back is torturing me. 1
- verb with object torture to force or extort by torture: We'll torture the truth from his lips! 1
- verb with object torture to twist, force, or bring into some unnatural position or form: trees tortured by storms. 1
- verb with object torture to distort or pervert (language, meaning, etc.). 1
- noun torture physical: infliction of pain 1
- noun torture emotional: anguish 1
- transitive verb torture inflict severe pain on 1
- verb torture If someone is tortured, another person deliberately causes them great pain over a period of time, in order to punish them or to make them reveal information. 0
- verb torture Torture is also a noun. 0
- verb torture To torture someone means to cause them to suffer mental pain or anxiety. 0
- uncountable noun torture If you say that something is torture or a torture, you mean that it causes you great mental or physical suffering. 0
- verb torture to cause extreme physical pain to, esp in order to extract information, break resistance, etc 0
- verb torture to give mental anguish to 0
- verb torture to twist into a grotesque form 0
- noun torture physical or mental anguish 0
- noun torture the practice of torturing a person 0
- noun torture a cause of mental agony or worry 0
- noun torture the inflicting of severe pain to force information or confession, get revenge, etc. 0
- noun torture any method by which such pain is inflicted 0
- noun torture any severe physical or mental pain; agony; anguish 0
- noun torture a cause of such pain or agony 0
- noun torture a violent twisting, distortion, perversion, etc. 0
- verb transitive torture to subject to torture 0
- verb transitive torture to cause extreme physical or mental pain to; agonize 0
- verb transitive torture to twist or distort (meaning, language, etc.) 0