vverb.emotiontorment emotionally or mentallySynset:excruciate rack torment torture
Derivationally Related Form:tormentracktorturertortureexcruciationtormentertormentor
Hypernyms:anguish hurt pain
Inherited Hypernyms:tormentpainupsetarousemake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The bad news will --- him (apply to: torment, torture)
vverb.bodysubject to tortureSynset:excruciate torment torture
Examples:- The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible
Derivationally Related Form:tormenttorturingtorturertortureexcruciationtormenter
Hypernyms:injure wound
Inherited Hypernyms:tortureinjurehurtindisposechange
Direct Hyponyms:martyrmartyrisemartyrizerack
Full Troponyms:martyrrack
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: torment, torture)
adj satadj.allexperiencing intense pain especially mental painSynset:anguished tormented
Examples:- an anguished conscience
- a small tormented schoolboy
- a tortured witness to another's humiliation
Antonyms:joyful
Inherited Hypernyms:anguished
Similar to:sorrowful