Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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torture | Yes | No | Yes | No |
pain | Yes | No | Yes | No |
torture (noun) | pain (noun) |
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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 | a somatic sensation of acute discomfort |
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean | something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness |
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain | emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid |
extreme mental distress | a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder |
unbearable physical pain |
torture (verb) | pain (verb) |
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subject to torture | cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed |
torment emotionally or mentally | cause emotional anguish or make miserable |