How to pronounce "torture"

• "torture" pronounced in English.

• "torture" pronounced in French.

Meanings and definitions of "torture"

Noun

extreme mental distress

Synonyms:

• anguish
• torment
• torture

Noun

unbearable physical pain

Synonyms:

• torture
• torment

Noun

intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"

Synonyms:

• agony
• torment
• torture

Noun

the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

Synonyms:

• distortion
• overrefinement
• straining
• torture
• 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; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"

Synonyms:

• torture
• torturing

Verb

torment emotionally or mentally

Synonyms:

• torment
• torture
• excruciate
• rack

Verb

subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"

Synonyms:

• torture
• excruciate
• torment