torture

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish.
2. (countable, uncountable) Severe pain or anguish, of mind or body.
3. (countable, uncountable) An unpleasant sensation or its infliction: embarrassment, heartache, etc.

Verb

To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or punishing them.

Sinònims

torment

rack

agonize

pain

agony

excruciate

anguish

suffering

abuse

harass

punish

ill-treat

punishment

persecute

martyrdom

hurt

maltreat

straining

torturing

mistreat

twisting

afflict

worry

overrefinement

distortion

distress

harrow

harry

mishandle

bully

ordeal

cause anguish

beat

penalty

inflict

misery

prey on one’s mind

martyrize

sheer hell

suffer

bedevil

chivvy

martyr

crucifixion

flog

mutilate

excruciation

crucify

smart

sophistication

spank

temper

third degree

tire

toilsome

trouble

twist

tyrannize

vanquish

wallop

weary

😩

whip

wound

wrest

be distressed

make suffer

prey on

put about

make sad

treat cruelly

cause to suffer

grief

martyrise

cause suffering

extreme suffering

live with suffering

accusation

be cruel to

ache

affliction

agonise

awkwardness

bait

beat up

blame

clumsiness

deformation

discipline

eat

🍽️

endure

exhaust

exhaustion

falsification

fash

flay

gnaw at

grind

harden

hardship

harm

heartbreak

hit

ill treat

knock down

maltreatment

misfortune

mistreatment

mock

mockery

molest

newel

obsess

oppress

pangs

penance

perversion

pester

pinch

plague

purgatory

ridicule

scourge

sentence

slug

smack

Traduccions

torture

torturer

tortura

Folter

torturar

foltern

tourmenter

işkence

martelen

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈtoɹt͡ʃɚ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: torture

In summary

From Middle English torture, from Old French torture, from Late Latin tortūra (“a twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping colic;” in Medieval Latin “pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of persuasion, torture”), from Latin tortus (whence also tort), past participle of torquēre (“to twist”).

Frases

The Palestinian Authority has reportedly practiced torture in the occupied territories over the years .