Torment vs. Torture
Tormentnoun
(obsolete) A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
Torturenoun
intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony
‘Using large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture.’; ‘In every war there are acts of torture that cause the world to shudder.’; ‘People confess to anything under torture.’;
Tormentnoun
Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
Torturenoun
the "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships
‘Every time she says 'goodbye' it is torture!’; ‘Coventry City midfielder Josh Ruffels described his 11 months out injured as 'absolute torture' after the goalless draw with Derby County Under-21s. ([http://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/article/eleven-months-of-absolute-torture-760652.aspx])’;
Tormentnoun
Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
‘He was bitter from the torments of the divorce system.’;
Torturenoun
(colloquial) (often as "absolute torture") stage fright, severe embarrassment
Tormentverb
(transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
‘The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.’;
Tortureverb
(transitive) To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).
‘People who torture often have sadistic tendencies.’; ‘In the aftermath of 9/11, we did some things that were wrong. We did a whole lot of things that were right, but, we tortured some folks. We did some things that were contrary to our values.’;
Tormentnoun
An engine for casting stones.
Torturenoun
Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind.
‘Ghastly spasm or racking torture.’;
Tormentnoun
Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind.
‘The more I seePleasures about me, so much more I feelTorment within me.’;
Torturenoun
Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel.
Tormentnoun
That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.
‘They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments.’;
Torturenoun
The act or process of torturing.
‘Torture, which had always been deciared illegal, and which had recently been declared illegal even by the servile judges of that age, was inflicted for the last time in England in the month of May, 1640.’;
Tormentverb
To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture.
Tortureverb
To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.
Tormentverb
To pain; to distress; to afflict.
‘Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.’;
Tortureverb
To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person.
Tormentverb
To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances.
Tortureverb
To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.
Tormentverb
To put into great agitation.
Tortureverb
To keep on the stretch, as a bow.
‘The bow tortureth the string.’;
Tormentnoun
unbearable physical pain
Torturenoun
extreme mental distress
Tormentnoun
extreme mental distress
Torturenoun
unbearable physical pain
Tormentnoun
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain;
‘an agony of doubt’; ‘the torments of the damned’;
Torturenoun
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain;
‘an agony of doubt’; ‘the torments of the damned’;
Tormentnoun
a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented;
‘so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors’;
Torturenoun
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
Tormentnoun
a severe affliction
Torturenoun
the act of torturing someone;
‘it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession’;
Tormentnoun
the act of harassing someone
Tortureverb
torment emotionally or mentally
Tormentverb
torment emotionally or mentally
Tortureverb
subject to torture;
‘The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible’;
Tormentverb
treat cruelly;
‘The children tormented the stuttering teacher’;
Torture
Torture is the act of deliberately inflicting severe physical or psychological suffering on someone by another as a punishment or in order to fulfill some desire of the torturer or force some action from the victim. Torture, by definition, is a knowing and intentional act; deeds which unknowingly or negligently inflict suffering or pain, without a specific intent to do so, are not typically considered torture.Torture has been carried out or sanctioned by individuals, groups, and states throughout history from ancient times to modern day, and forms of torture can vary greatly in duration from only a few minutes to several days or longer.
Tormentverb
subject to torture;
‘The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible’;
