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torture
Overview of noun torture
The noun torture has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) anguish, torment, torture -- (extreme mental distress)
2. torture, torment -- (unbearable physical pain)
3. agony, torment, torture -- (intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned")
4. distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting -- (the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean)
5. torture, 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")
Overview of verb torture
The verb torture has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (3) torment, torture, excruciate, rack -- (torment emotionally or mentally)
2. (1) torture, excruciate, torment -- (subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun torture
5 senses of torture
Sense 1
anguish, torment, torture
=> distress, hurt, suffering
=> pain, painfulness
=> feeling
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
torture, torment
=> pain, hurting
=> symptom
=> evidence, grounds
=> information
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
agony, torment, torture
=> suffering, hurt
=> pain, painfulness
=> feeling
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
=> falsification, misrepresentaation
=> wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
torture, torturing
=> persecution
=> maltreatment, ill-treatment, ill-usage, abuse
=> mistreatment
=> practice, pattern
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun torture
1 of 5 senses of torture
Sense 5
torture, torturing
=> bastinado, falanga
=> boot
=> burning
=> crucifixion, excruciation
=> genital torture
=> judicial torture
=> kia quen
=> kittee
=> nail pulling, nail removal
=> picket, piquet
=> prolonged interrogation
=> rack
=> sensory deprivation
=> sleep deprivation
=> strappado, strapado
=> electric shock
=> dismemberment, taking apart
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun torture
5 senses of torture
Sense 1
anguish, torment, torture
=> distress, hurt, suffering
Sense 2
torture, torment
=> pain, hurting
Sense 3
agony, torment, torture
=> suffering, hurt
Sense 4
distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
=> falsification, misrepresentaation
Sense 5
torture, torturing
=> persecution
Antonyms of noun torture
Member Holonyms of noun torture
Substance Holonyms of noun torture
Part Holonyms of noun torture
Member Meronyms of noun torture
Substance Meronyms of noun torture
Part Meronyms of noun torture
Meronyms of noun torture
Holonyms of noun torture
Attributes of noun torture
Derived Forms of noun torture
4 of 5 senses of torture
Sense 1
anguish, torment, torture
RELATED TO>(verb) torture#1
=> torment, torture, excruciate, rack
Sense 2
torture, torment
RELATED TO>(adj) torturous#1
=> agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome
RELATED TO>(verb) torture#2
=> torture, excruciate, torment
Sense 3
agony, torment, torture
RELATED TO>(adj) torturous#1
=> agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome
RELATED TO>(verb) torture#1
=> torment, torture, excruciate, rack
Sense 5
torture, torturing
RELATED TO>(verb) torture#2
=> torture, excruciate, torment
Domain of noun torture
Domain Terms of noun torture
Familiarity of noun torture
torture used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun torture
5 senses of torture
Sense 1
anguish, torment, torture
> distress, hurt, suffering
=> anguish, torment, torture
=> self-torture, self-torment
=> tsoris
=> wound
Sense 2
torture, torment
> pain, hurting
=> ache, aching
=> agony, suffering, excruciation
=> arthralgia
=> burn, burning
=> causalgia
=> colic, intestinal colic, gripes, griping
=> chest pain
=> chiralgia
=> distress
=> dysmenorrhea
=> glossalgia, glossodynia
=> growing pains
=> hemorrhoid, haemorrhoid, piles
=> keratalgia
=> labor pain
=> mastalgia
=> melagra
=> meralgia
=> metralgia
=> myalgia, myodynia
=> nephralgia
=> neuralgia, neuralgy
=> odynophagia
=> orchidalgia
=> pang
=> pang, sting
=> photalgia, photophobia
=> pleurodynia, pleuralgia, costalgia
=> podalgia
=> proctalgia
=> referred pain
=> renal colic
=> smart, smarting, smartness
=> sting, stinging
=> stitch
=> tenderness, soreness, rawness
=> thermalgesia
=> throb
=> torture, torment
=> ulalgia
=> urodynia
Sense 3
agony, torment, torture
> suffering, hurt
=> agony, torment, torture
=> throes
=> discomfort, soreness, irritation
Sense 4
distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
> falsification, misrepresentaation
=> distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
=> equivocation, tergiversation
=> lying, prevarication, fabrication
=> deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
Sense 5
torture, torturing
> persecution
=> oppression, subjugation
=> pogrom
=> torture, torturing
Meronyms of noun torture
5 senses of torture
Holonyms of noun torture
Grep of noun torture
genital torture
instrument of torture
judicial torture
self-torture
torture
torture chamber
torturer
Antonyms of verb torture
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb torture
2 senses of torture
Sense 1
torment, torture, excruciate, rack
=> pain, anguish, hurt
=> upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> make, create
Sense 2
torture, excruciate, torment
=> injure, wound
=> hurt
=> indispose
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb torture
1 of 2 senses of torture
Sense 2
torture, excruciate, torment
=> rack
=> martyr, martyrize, martyrise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb torture
2 senses of torture
Sense 1
torment, torture, excruciate, rack
=> pain, anguish, hurt
Sense 2
torture, excruciate, torment
=> injure, wound
'Cause To' of verb torture
Derived Forms of verb torture
2 senses of torture
Sense 1
torment, torture, excruciate, rack
RELATED TO>(noun) torture#3
=> agony, torment, torture
RELATED TO>(noun) torture#1
=> anguish, torment, torture
RELATED TO>(noun) torturer#1
=> torturer
Sense 2
torture, excruciate, torment
RELATED TO>(noun) torture#5
=> torture, torturing
RELATED TO>(noun) torture#2
=> torture, torment
RELATED TO>(noun) torturer#1
=> torturer
RELATED TO>(noun) torturing#1
=> torture, torturing
Domain of verb torture
Domain Terms of verb torture
Familiarity of verb torture
torture used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb torture
2 senses of torture
Sense 1
torment, torture, excruciate, rack
EX: The bad news will torture him
Sense 2
torture, excruciate, torment
EX: They want to torture the prisoners
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb torture
2 senses of torture
Sense 1
torment, torture, excruciate, rack
> pain, anguish, hurt
=> break someone's heart
=> agonize, agonise
=> try
=> torment, torture, excruciate, rack
Sense 2
torture, excruciate, torment
> injure, wound
=> trample
=> concuss
=> calk
=> torture, excruciate, torment
=> pull, overstretch
=> traumatize, traumatise, shock
=> maim
=> twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick
=> subluxate
=> disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap
=> harm
=> run down, run over
=> fracture, break
=> shoot, hit, pip
=> knife, stab
=> skin, scrape
=> bruise, contuse
=> graze
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb torture
Sense 1
torment, torture, excruciate, rack
=> pain, anguish, hurt
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Sense 2
torture, excruciate, torment
=> injure, wound
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Grep of verb torture
torture
Grep of adj torture
tortured
torturesome
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