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1. (n.) torture
the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
2. torture
a method of inflicting such pain.
3. torture
Often, tortures. the pain or suffering caused or undergone.
4. torture
extreme anguish of body or mind; agony.
5. torture
a cause of severe pain or anguish.
6. (v.t.) torture
to subject to torture.
7. torture
to afflict with severe pain of body or mind.
8. torture
to twist, force, or bring into some unnatural shape.
Etymology: (1530–40; < LL tortūra a twisting)
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| Definition of 'Torture' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) anguish, torment, torture
extreme mental distress
2. (noun) torture, torment
unbearable physical pain
3. (noun) agony, torment, torture
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
"an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"
4. (noun) distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
5. (verb) torture, torturing
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"
6. (verb) torment, torture, excruciate, rack
torment emotionally or mentally
7. (verb) torture, excruciate, torment
subject to torture
"The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
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1. (noun) torture
the activity of hurting sb badly over a long period, especially to make them tell you sth
They subjected him to hours of torture.
2. torture
a very boring or unpleasant experience
a 3 hour meeting that was pure torture
3. (verb) torture
to make sb experience torture
They threatened to torture him.
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| Definition of 'Torture' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Torture
extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind
2. (noun) Torture
especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel
3. (noun) Torture
the act or process of torturing
4. (verb) Torture
to put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex
5. (verb) Torture
to punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person
6. (verb) Torture
to wrest from the proper meaning; to distort
7. (verb) Torture
to keep on the stretch, as a bow
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| Definition of 'Torture' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Torture
The intentional infliction of physical or mental suffering upon an individual or individuals, including the torture of animals.
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| Definition of 'Torture' |
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. Torture
As defined by Title 18, US Code, Section 2340, it is any act committed by a person acting under color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody or physical control.
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Sense: to treat (someone) cruelly or painfully, as a punishment, or in order to make him/her confess something, give information etc
He tortured his prisoners; She was tortured by rheumatism/jealousy.
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 Afrikaans: martel |
 Arabic: يُعَذَّب |
 Bulgarian: измъчвам |
 Brazilian: torturar |
 Czech: týrat, trápit |
 German: foltern |
 Danish: torturere; plaget af |
 Greek: βασανίζω |
 Spanish: torturar |
 Estonian: piinama |
 Farsi: شکنجه کردن |
 Finnish: kiduttaa |
 French: torturer |
 Hebrew: לַעֲנוֹת |
 Hindi: अति कष्ट देना |
 Croatian: mučiti, podvrgnuti tortur |
 Hungarian: kínoz |
 Indonesian: menyiksa |
 Icelandic: pynta |
 Italian: torturare |
 Japanese: ごう問にかける |
 Korean: 고문하다 |
 Lithuanian: kankinti |
 Latvian: mocīt; spīdzināt |
 Malay: menyeksa |
 Dutch: martelen |
 Norwegian: torturere, pine |
 Polish: torturować |
 Persian: شکنجه کردن |
 Pashto: سكنجه كول، كړول، ( اصط ) |
 Portuguese: torturar |
 Romanian: a tortura; a chinui |
 Russian: пытать; мучить |
 Slovak: týrať, trápiť |
 Slovenian: mučiti |
 Serbian: mučiti |
 Swedish: tortera, plåga, misshandl |
 Thai: ทรมานให้เจ็บปวด |
 Turkish: eziyet etmek, işkence yap |
 Taiwanese: 拷問 |
 Ukrainian: катувати, піддавати торту |
 Urdu: ايذا دينا |
 Vietnamese: hành hạ |
 Chinese: 拷问 |
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