Found 4 items, similar to torturing.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: torturing
menyiksa
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: torture
menganiaya, menyiksa, sikatan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: torturing
torturing
adj : extremely painful [syn:
agonizing,
agonising,
excruciating,
harrowing,
torturous,
torturesome]
n : the act of torturing someone;
“it required unnatural
torturing to extract a confession” [syn:
torture]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: torture
torture
\tor"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
tortured
(t[^o]r"t[-u]rd; 135); p. pr. & vb. n.
tTorturing.] [Cf. F.
Torturer. ]
1. To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.
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2. To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture
an accused person. --Shak.
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3. To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort. --Jar.
Taylor.
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4. To keep on the stretch, as a bow. [Obs.]
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The bow tortureth the string. --Bacon.
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