Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb torture
1 of 2 senses of torture
Sense 2
torture, excruciate, torment
=> rack
=> martyr, martyrize
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb torture
1 of 2 senses of torture
Sense 2
torture, excruciate, torment
=> rack
=> martyr, martyrize
Entailment of verb torture
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb torture
2 senses of torture
Sense 1
torment, torture, excruciate, rack
=> pain, anguish, hurt
Sense 2
torture, excruciate, torment
=> injure, wound
Familiarity of verb torture
torture used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb torture
Sense 1
torment, torture, excruciate, rack
=> pain, anguish, hurt
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Sense 2
torture, excruciate, torment
=> injure, wound
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Grep of noun torture
instrument of torture
self-torture
torture
torture chamber
torturer
Overview of noun torture
The noun torture has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) anguish, torment, torture -- (extreme mental distress)
2. torture, torment -- (unbearable physical pain)
3. agony, torment, torture -- (intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned")
4. distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting -- (the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean)
5. torture, torturing -- (the act of torturing someone "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession")
Overview of verb torture
The verb torture has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (3) torment, torture, excruciate, rack -- (torment emotionally or mentally)
2. (1) torture, excruciate, torment -- (subject to torture)
Grep of adj tortures
torturesome
Overview of noun torture
The noun torture has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) anguish, torment, torture -- (extreme mental distress)
2. torture, torment -- (unbearable physical pain)
3. agony, torment, torture -- (intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned")
4. distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting -- (the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean)
5. torture, torturing -- (the act of torturing someone "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession")
Overview of verb torture
The verb torture has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (3) torment, torture, excruciate, rack -- (torment emotionally or mentally)
2. (1) torture, excruciate, torment -- (subject to torture)
tortures definition
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