Синоним torture

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1. torture

   Pain is the most general term of this group, including all the others; pain is a disturbing sensation from which nature revolts, resulting from some injurious external interference (as from a wound, a bruise, a harsh word, etc.), or from some lack of what one needs, craves, or cherishes (as, the pain of hunger or bereavement), or from some abnormal action of bodily or mental functions (as, the pains of disease, envy, or discontent). Suffering is one of the severer forms of pain. The prick of a needle causes pain, but we should scarcely speak of it as suffering. Distress is too strong a word for little hurts, too feeble for the intensest suffering, but commonly applied to some continuous or prolonged trouble or need; as, the distress of a shipwrecked crew, or of a destitute family. Ache is lingering pain, more or less severe; pang, a pain short, sharp, intense, and perhaps repeated. We speak of the pangs of hunger or of remorse. Throe is a violent and thrilling pain. Paroxysm applies to an alternately recurring and receding pain, which comes as it were in waves; the paroxysm is the rising of the wave. Torment and torture are intense and terrible sufferings. Agony and anguish express the utmost pain or suffering of body or mind. Agony of body is that with which the system struggles; anguish that by which it is crushed.

   Synonyms:
   ache, agony, anguish, distress, pain, pang, paroxysm, suffering, throe, torment, twinge, wo(e)

   Antonyms:
   comfort, delight, ease, enjoyment, peace, rapture, relief, solace

Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. anguish, torment, torturenoun

   extreme mental distress

   Synonyms:
   badgering, distortion, worrying, overrefinement, torturing, straining, harassment, anguish, bedevilment, twisting, agony, curse, torment

2. torture, tormentnoun

   unbearable physical pain

   Synonyms:
   badgering, harassment, worrying, overrefinement, torturing, agony, anguish, bedevilment, curse, twisting, distortion, straining, torment

3. agony, torment, torturenoun

   intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

   «an agony of doubt»; «the torments of the damned»

   Synonyms:
   badgering, distortion, worrying, overrefinement, torturing, straining, harassment, excruciation, anguish, bedevilment, suffering, twisting, agony, curse, torment

4. distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twistingnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   overrefinement, straining, strain, torturing, spin, twist, optical aberration, twisting, aberration, whirl, twirl, distortion, deformation, agony, distorted shape, anguish, torment

5. torture, torturingverb

   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:
   overrefinement, torturing, agony, anguish, twisting, distortion, straining, torment

6. torment, torture, excruciate, rackverb

   torment emotionally or mentally

   Synonyms:
   squeeze, gouge, bedevil, wring, extort, rack, rag, single-foot, excruciate, crucify, scud, dun, frustrate, torment

7. torture, excruciate, tormentverb

   subject to torture

   «The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible»

   Synonyms:
   bedevil, rack, rag, excruciate, crucify, dun, frustrate, torment

Matched Categories

1. • Anguish
   • Falsification
   • Injure
   • Pain
   • Suffering

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. torturenoun

   Synonyms:
   anguish, agony, torment, rack, pang, extreme pain, excruciating pain, acute distress

2. tortureverb

   Synonyms:
   torment, distress, agonize, rack, excruciate, pain extremely, put to extreme pain

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1. Zumretay Arkin:

   If this press conference was to take place in China, I, as an Uyghur, would end up in a camp and maybe be subjected to sexual abuse and torture, as millions of my fellow Uyghurs are, the Olympic Games are being handed over to a country actively committing a genocide.

2. Tom Malinowski:

   When somebody who we already know is responsible for the kidnapping, rendition, murder and torture of other people in this category sends you a text message warning that bad things will happen to you, it’s fair to assume that he means business.

3. Michael Mikel:

   I thank the police authorities for their rescue efforts and the support I’ve received from friends and family members, unfortunately, my dad is now in hospital receiving emergency treatment as a result of the torture he received during his capture.

4. anonymous, Letter to the Editor, The Advocate:

   Soldiers who are not afraid of guns, bombs, capture, torture or death say they are afraid of homosexuals. Clearly we should not be used as soldiers; we should be used as weapons.

5. The President:

   Being here I can’t help think of John McCain. And how Naval Academy meant so much to John McCain. John McCain chose these grounds for John McCain final resting place. John McCain was an American hero who withstood torture, years of being held as a prisoner of war, and when John McCain came home — John McCain wanted to continue to serve.

• عزّب, تعزيبArabic
• işgəncəAzerbaijani
• катаваннеBelarusian
• мъчениеBulgarian
• tortura, torturarCatalan, Valencian
• muka, mučeníCzech
• tortur, tortere, torturereDanish
• Tortur, Folter, folternGerman
• βασανίζω, βασανιστήρια, βασανιστήριοGreek
• torturo, torturiEsperanto
• tortura, torturarSpanish
• piinamineEstonian
• شکنجهPersian
• kiduttaa, kidutusFinnish
• píningFaroese
• torturer, tortureFrench
• pianadhIrish
• torturar, torturaGalician
• kínzás, kínoz, kínszenvedésHungarian
• չարչարանք, խոշտանգել, խոշտանգում, կտտանքArmenian
• torturaItalian
• 拷問Japanese
• ទារុណកម្មKhmer
• 고문, 拷問Korean
• cruciamenLatin
• martelen, folteren, martelingDutch
• torturere, torturNorwegian
• torturaPolish
• torturar, torturaPortuguese
• tortura, chinui, chinRomanian
• истязание, пытать, мучение, страдание, мучить, мука, пыткаRussian
• mučenieSlovak
• tortera, tortyrSwedish
• சித்திரவதைTamil
• చిత్రహింసTelugu
• การทรมานThai
• işkenceTurkish
• тортураUkrainian
• tra tấnVietnamese

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