Meaning & Definition of Torture in English
English⟶
Torture
/tɔrʧər/
noun
1. Extreme mental distress
synonym:
- anguish,
- torment,
- torture
2. Unbearable physical pain
synonym:
- torture,
- torment
3. Intense feelings of suffering
- Acute mental or physical pain
- "An agony of doubt"
- "The torments of the damned"
synonym:
- agony,
- torment,
- torture
4. The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
synonym:
- distortion,
- overrefinement,
- straining,
- torture,
- twisting
5. 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"
synonym:
- torture,
- torturing
verb
1. Torment emotionally or mentally
synonym:
- torment,
- torture,
- excruciate,
- rack
2. Subject to torture
- "The sinners will be tormented in hell, according to the bible"
synonym:
- torture,
- excruciate,
- torment
Examples of using
Subjected to torture, he confessed to the crime that he hadn't committed.
When he was a kid, he used to catch birds and torture them to death.
The prisoner died under torture.