All torture synonyms
torΒ·ture
T t noun torture
- worriment β the act or an instance of worrying; anxiety.
- callousness β made hard; hardened.
- lamentation β the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
- grief β keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
- bss β British Standards Specification
- distortion β an act or instance of distorting.
- desperation β Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
- worry β to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- hard times β a period of difficulties or hardship.
- mutilation β to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- cruelty β Cruelty is behaviour that deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
- intorsion β a twisting about an axis or fixed point, as of the stem of a plant.
- hell β the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- crucifixion β Crucifixion is a way of killing people which was common in the Roman Empire, in which they were tied or nailed to a cross and left to die.
- distress β great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- heartache β emotional pain or distress; sorrow; grief; anguish.
- excruciation β Some excruciating pain.
- heartbreak β great sorrow, grief, or anguish.
- murderousness β The state or condition of being murderous.
- fiendishness β The quality of being fiendish.
verb torture
- lacerate β to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands.
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- anguished β Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
- get to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- got to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- buffaloing β any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- boning β Anatomy, Zoology. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- whacked β exhausted; tired out.
- bludgeoned β a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- gnarling β a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- deviled β Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- distort β to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- afflict β If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.
- lead on β to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- dunned β to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
- illtreat β Alternative form of ill-treat.
- in-convenience β the quality or state of being inconvenient.
- buffalo β A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
- overbear β to bear over or down by weight or force: With his superior strength he easily overbore his opponent in the fight.
- lean on β to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
- excruciate β Torment (someone) physically or mentally.
- deviling β Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- bludgeoning β a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- dunning β to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
- crucify β If someone is crucified, they are killed by being tied or nailed to a cross and left to die.
- despotize β To behave like a despot.
- beat down β When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
- winging β either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- agonise β to suffer extreme pain or anguish; be in agony.