TORTURE
Scrabble letter values: T1O1R1T1U1R1E1 = 7
Definition
- verb torment emotionally or mentally. — synonyms: torment, excruciate, rack
- verb subject to torture. — synonyms: excruciate, torment
- noun extreme mental distress. — synonyms: anguish, torment
- noun unbearable physical pain. — synonyms: torment
- noun intense feelings of suffering. — synonyms: agony, torment
- noun the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean. — synonyms: distortion, overrefinement, straining, twisting
- 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. — synonyms: torturing
Examples
- “The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible”
- “acute mental or physical pain”
- “an agony of doubt”