Word Meaning

Meaning of torture

- 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.
- 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.

Crossword clue for torture

- Ill-treatment
- Infliction of pain
- Torment with torch? Ah, so I’ve heard!