torturing
noun
1 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.
synonym: torture.
Dutch: folteren, martelen, marteling, gemartel
Polish: tortury, męka, męki, kaźń, tortura
adjective
1 torturing
Extremely painful.
synonyms: agonising, agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, torturesome, torturous.
Moby thesaurus: abuse of terms, agonizing, catachresis, contorting, corruption, distortion, eisegesis, error, false coloring, garbling, gloss, harrowing, malentendu, malobservation, misapplication, misapprehension, miscitation, misconception, misconstruction, misdirection ... show more.
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