Unscramble torture

Definition of torture

noun:

• extreme mental distress. Synonyms: anguish, torment.
• unbearable physical pain. Synonyms: torment.
• intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt", "the torments of the damned". Synonyms: agony, torment.
• the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean. Synonyms: distortion, overrefinement, straining, twisting.
• 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; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession". Synonyms: torturing.

verb:

• torment emotionally or mentally. Synonyms: excruciate, rack, torment.
• subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible". Synonyms: excruciate, torment.

Related words

bastinado, boot, burning, crucifixion, dismemberment, excruciation, falanga, kittee, martyr, martyrise, martyrize, picket, piquet, rack, strapado, strappado.

Words nearby

tortured, torturer.

Rhymes with

scorcher.