Verb
- 1. torment, torture, excruciate, rack, pain, anguish, hurt
- usage: torment emotionally or mentally
- 2. torture, excruciate, torment, injure, wound
- usage: subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
Adjective
- 1. agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome, painful (vs. painless)
- usage: extremely painful
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