torturing

(noun, adjective, verb)

adjective

1. extremely painful

Similar word(s): painful, agonising, agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, torturesome, torturous

noun

1. 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

Similar word(s): torture

Definition categories: act, persecution

verb

1. present participle of torture