the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.

a method of inflicting such pain.

Often, tortures. the pain or suffering caused or undergone.

extreme anguish of body or mind; agony.

a cause of severe pain or anguish.

to subject to torture.

to afflict with severe pain of body or mind

My back is torturing me.

to force or extort by torture

We'll torture the truth from his lips!

to twist, force, or bring into some unnatural position or form

trees tortured by storms.

to distort or pervert (language, meaning, etc.).

noun

alleviation , contentment , happiness , relief

verb

alleviate , make happy , please , relieve

noun

ache , affliction , agony , anguish , cruciation , crucifixion , distress , dolor , excruciation , impalement , laceration , martyrdom , misery , pang , persecution , rack , suffering , third degree , torment , tribulation , twingenotes:torment suggests persecution or the repeated inflicting of suffering or annoyance; torture adds the implication of causing unbearable pain or suffering , living hell , hurt , pain , woe , wound , wretchedness

verb

abuse , afflict , agonize , annoy , beat , bother , crucify , distress , disturb , excruciate , grill , harrow , impale , injure , irritate , lacerate , maim , mangle , martyr , martyrize , mistreat , mutilate , oppress , pain , persecute , rack , smite , torment , try , whip , wound , wring , wrongnotes:torment suggests persecution or the repeated inflicting of suffering or annoyance; torture adds the implication of causing unbearable pain or suffering , anguish , curse , plague , scourge , strike , affliction , agony , deform , distort , distortion , hurt , punish , punishment , tribulation