TORTURED Synonyms
There are 19 hypernyms of the word tortured. (close relations)
Definition of TORTURED
torture
Best Alternative Words for TORTURED
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afflicted | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • grievously affected especially by disease • mentally or physically unfit | ||||||||
agonized | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • expressing pain or agony | ||||||||
anguished | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • experiencing intense pain especially mental pain | ||||||||
distressed | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • generalized feeling of distress adjective satellite • facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty • suffering severe physical strain or distress • afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief | ||||||||
pained | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
tormented | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • experiencing intense pain especially mental pain • tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears | ||||||||
wretched | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • of very poor quality or condition • characterized by physical misery • very unhappy; full of misery • morally reprehensible • deserving or inciting pity | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
excruciate | verbv | |||||||
verb • torment emotionally or mentally • subject to torture | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
distortion | nounn | |||||||
noun • a change for the worse • a shape resulting from distortion • an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image • a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal) • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean • the mistake of misrepresenting the facts | ||||||||
overrefinement | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean | ||||||||
rack | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton • the destruction or collapse of something • an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims • a support for displaying ot holding various articles • a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body • a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately verb • go at a rack • stretch to the limits • put on a rack and pinion • obtain by coercion or intimidation • run before a gale • fly in high wind • draw off from the lees • torment emotionally or mentally • work on a rack • seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block • place in a rack • torture on the rack | ||||||||
straining | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • an intense or violent exertion • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean adjective satellite • taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance | ||||||||
torturing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
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 adjective satellite • extremely painful | ||||||||
twisting | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean • the act of rotating rapidly adjective satellite • marked by repeated turns and bends |