SELF-TORMENT Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word self-torment. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for SELF-TORMENT
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| agony | nounn | |||||||
noun • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • a state of acute pain | ||||||||
| anguish | nounn | |||||||
noun • extreme mental distress • extreme distress of body or mind verb • suffer great pains or distress • cause emotional anguish or make miserable | ||||||||
| misery | nounn | |||||||
noun • a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune • a feeling of intense unhappiness | ||||||||
| pain | nounn | |||||||
noun • a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder • emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid • a somatic sensation of acute discomfort • something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness verb • cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed • cause emotional anguish or make miserable | ||||||||
| suffering | nounn | |||||||
noun • a state of acute pain • misery resulting from affliction • psychological suffering • feelings of mental or physical pain adjective satellite • troubled by pain or loss • very unhappy; full of misery | ||||||||
| torment | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • unbearable physical pain • extreme mental distress • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented • a severe affliction • the act of harassing someone verb • torment emotionally or mentally • treat cruelly • subject to torture | ||||||||
| torture | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • extreme mental distress • unbearable physical pain • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean • 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 verb • torment emotionally or mentally • subject to torture | ||||||||
| self-torture | nounn | |||||||
noun • self-imposed distress | ||||||||
