Hebrew Meaning of torture

עינוי

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Definitions and Meaning of torture in English

Wordnet

torture (n)

extreme mental distress

unbearable physical pain

intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

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

Wordnet

torture (v)

torment emotionally or mentally

subject to torture

Webster

torture (n.)

Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind.

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.

The act or process of torturing.

Webster

torture (v. t.)

To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.

To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person.

To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.

To keep on the stretch, as a bow.

FAQs About the word torture

עינוי

extreme mental distress, unbearable physical pain, intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain, the act of distorting something so it seems to

סבל,אימה,מצוקה,רצח,סיוט,עינוי,קללה,גיהנום,התנסות,טרגדיה

תענוג,הסטה,בידור,כיף,שמים,שמחה,הנאה,בידור,גן-עדן,מהומה

torturable => ניתן לענות, tortuousness => עקלקלות, tortuously => מעוקל, tortuous => עקלקל, tortuoslty => פתלתלות,