torture in Konkani कोंकणी
torture in Sindhi سنڌي
torture in Tamil தமிழ்
torture in English
- torture⇄noun torturer.
- torture⇄noun 1. the act or fact of inflicting very severe pain. Torture was formerly used to make people give evidence about crimes, or to make them confess.
2a. a very severe pain or suffering; agony.
Ex. She suffered tortures from a toothache. < - torture⇄torture, noun, verb, -tured,-turing.
- torture⇄v.t. 1. to cause very severe pain or suffering to; torment.
Ex. That cruel boy tortures animals. The fear of failure tortured him.
(SYN) rack, persecute, distress.
2. (Figurative.) to twist the meaning or form of.
Ex. to torture