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Showing words for TORTURE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Torture

torture, trouter, tutorer

6 Letter Words for Torture

retort, retour, retrot, rotter, roture, router, rutter, torret, tortue, tourer, tourte, touter, turret

5 Letter Words for Torture

ortet, otter, outer, outre, retro, roter, rotte, route, toret, torte, toter, tourt, troue, trout, truer, tutor, utero, utter

4 Letter Words for Torture

euro, outr, roer, rort, rote, roue, rout, ruer, terr, tore, torr, tort, toru, tote, tour, tout, tret, trot, true, turr, tute

3 Letter Words for Torture

err, ert, oer, ore, ort, our, out, roe, rot, rte, rue, rut, ter, tet, toe, tor, tot, tou, trt, tue, tur, tut, ure, ute

Definitions for Torture

[1] the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
[2] a method of inflicting such pain.
[3] Often tortures. the pain or suffering caused or undergone.
[4] extreme anguish of body or mind; agony.
[5] a cause of severe pain or anguish.
[6] to subject to torture.
[7] to afflict with severe pain of body or mind: My back is torturing me.
[8] to force or extort by torture: We'll torture the truth from his lips!
[9] to twist, force, or bring into some unnatural position or form: trees tortured by storms.
[10] to distort or pervert (language, meaning, etc.).
[11] to cause extreme physical pain to, esp in order to extract information, break resistance, etc to torture prisoners
[12] to give mental anguish to
[13] to twist into a grotesque form
[14] physical or mental anguish
[15] the practice of torturing a person
[16] a cause of mental agony or worry

Words related to Torture

persecution, suffering, torment, misery, annoy, disturb, injure, beat, wound, abuse, persecute, mistreat, maim, mutilate, oppress, laceration, distress, martyrdom, agony, dolor

Words nearby Torture

tortoni, tortricid, tortuga, tortuosity, tortuous, torture, torture porn, torturous, torula, torulopsosis, torulosis

Origin of Torture

First recorded in 1530–40, torture is from the Late Latin word tortūra a twisting, torment, torture. See tort, -ure

Other words from Torture

tor·tur·a·ble , adjective
tor·tured·ly , adverb
tor·tur·er , noun
tor·ture·some , adjective
tor·tur·ing·ly , adverb
o·ver·tor·ture , verb (used with object), o·ver·tor·tured, o·ver·tor·tur·ing.
pre·tor·ture , noun, verb (used with object), pre·tor·tured, pre·tor·tur·ing.
self-tor·ture , noun
self-tor·tured , adjective
self-tor·tur·ing , adjective
un·tor·tured , adjective

Word origin for Torture

C16: from Late Latin tortūra a twisting, from torquēre to twist

Synonyms for Torture

misery, persecution, suffering, torment, ache, affliction, agony, anguish, crucifixion, distress, dolor, excruciation, impalement, laceration, martyrdom, pang, rack, tribulation, twinge, cruciation, third degree