torture - Similar and Opposite Words

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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

Synonyms

• torture
• torturing

More generic

• persecution

More specific

• bastinado
• boot
• burning
• crucifixion
• dismemberment
• electric shock
• excruciation
• falanga
• genital torture
• judicial torture
• kia quen
• kittee
• nail pulling
• nail removal
• picket
• piquet
• prolonged interrogation
• rack
• sensory deprivation
• sleep deprivation
• strapado
• strappado
• taking apart

Noun

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

Synonyms

• distortion
• overrefinement
• straining
• torture
• twisting

More generic

• falsification
• misrepresentation

Noun

intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

Synonyms

• agony
• torment
• torture

More generic

• hurt
• suffering

Noun

extreme mental distress

Synonyms

• anguish
• torment
• torture

More generic

• distress
• hurt
• suffering

Noun

unbearable physical pain

Synonyms

• torment
• torture

More generic

• hurting
• pain

Verb

subject to torture

Synonyms

• excruciate
• torment
• torture

More generic

• injure
• wound

More specific

• martyr
• martyrise
• martyrize
• rack

Verb

torment emotionally or mentally

Synonyms

• excruciate
• rack
• torment
• torture

More generic

• anguish
• hurt
• pain

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