Synonyms for torture

Other words for “torture”, grouped by meaning.

We found 10 synonyms for “torture”. The most common are anguish, torment, agony, distortion, overrefinement.

noun extreme mental distress

Synonymsanguish torment

noun unbearable physical pain

Synonymstorment

noun intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

Synonymsagony torment

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

Synonymsdistortion overrefinement straining twisting

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

Synonymstorturing

verb torment emotionally or mentally

Synonymstorment excruciate rack

verb subject to torture

Synonymsexcruciate torment

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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