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 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" ;

1. (

• torment ,
• torture ,
• excruciate ,
• rack ,

) torment emotionally or mentally ;

2. (

• torture ,
• excruciate ,
• torment

) subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible" ;