Dictionary definition · torture
noun
- extreme mental distress
- unbearable physical pain
- intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain"an agony of doubt"
- the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- 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"
verb
- torment emotionally or mentally
- subject to torture"The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).