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Showing words for TORTURING using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Torturing

torturing

8 Letter Words for Torturing

trouting, tutoring

7 Letter Words for Torturing

outgrin, outring, rorting, rotting, routing, rutting, touring, touting, turrion

6 Letter Words for Torturing

gutrot, intort, outing, outrig, rigout, rotgut, roting, runrig, toting, trigon, triton, tritor, truing, truong, turgor, turing, turion, turnor, untrig

5 Letter Words for Torturing

giron, girru, grint, griot, groin, gront, grout, grunt, guiro, gutti, ingot, inorg, intro, iortn, nitro, norit, rigor, ruing, rutin, tigon, tourn, tourt, trigo, trior, trout, tungo, turin, turio, tutin, tutor, ungot, unrig

4 Letter Words for Torturing

girn, giro, girr, girt, gout, grin, grit, grot, grun, gurn, gurr, gurt, gutt, ingo, inro, into, intr, iron, niog, nito, noir, nori, nott, nout, nurr, oint, orig, ourn, outr, ring, riot, ritt, roin, roit, rong, ront, rort, roti, roun, rout, ruin, rung, runt, ting, tint, tirr, togt, toit, tong, tori, torn, torr, tort, toru, toug, toun, tour, tout, trig, trin, trio, trit, trog, tron, trot, trug, trun, tung, tuno, turn, turr, ungt, unio, unit, unto

3 Letter Words for Torturing

gin, gio, git, gnu, goi, gon, gor, got, gou, gro, grr, gtt, gui, gun, gur, gut, ign, ing, int, ion, iou, nig, nit, nog, nor, not, nur, nut, oni, ont, org, ort, oui, our, out, rig, rin, rio, rit, rog, roi, ron, rot, rti, rug, run, rut, tgn, tgt, tig, tin, tit, tiu, tng, tnt, tog, toi, ton, tor, tot, tou, tri, trt, tug, tui, tun, tur, tut, ugt, uit, ung, uni, urn, uti

Definitions for Torturing

[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 Torturing

tortureannoy, disturb, injure, beat, wound, abuse, torment, persecute, mistreat, maim, mutilate, oppress, crucify, smite, pain, distress, afflict, grill, agonize, wring

Words nearby Torturing

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

Origin of Torturing

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

Other words from Torturing

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 Torturing

eC16: from Late Latin tortūra a twisting, from torquēre to twist

Synonyms for Torturing

abuse, annoy, beat, disturb, injure, maim, mistreat, mutilate, oppress, persecute, torment, wound, afflict, agonize, bother, crucify, distress, excruciate, grill, harrow, impale, irritate, lacerate, mangle, martyr, martyrize, pain, rack, smite, try, whip, wring, wrong