Definition: 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
Usage: it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession
Similar words: persecution
Definition: the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
Synonyms: twisting, torture, straining, distortion, overrefinement
Definition: the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
Similar words: falsification, misrepresentation
Definition: a willful perversion of facts
Synonyms: torment, torture, agony
Definition: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
Usage: an agony of doubt; the torments of the damned
Synonyms: torment, torture, anguish
Definition: extreme mental distress
Similar words: hurt, distress, suffering
Definition: psychological suffering
Usage: the death of his wife caused him great distress
Definition: unbearable physical pain
Definition: a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
Usage: the patient developed severe pain and distension
Synonyms: torment, torture, excruciate
Definition: subject to torture
Usage: The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible
Synonyms: excruciate, torment, torture, rack
Definition: torment emotionally or mentally
Similar words: pain, anguish, hurt
Definition: cause emotional anguish or make miserable
Usage: It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school