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Results for: "torture"

Translating from English to Icelandic

Translations:

torture — intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony
→ pynting f
torture — to inflict severe pain deliberately
→ kvelja

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 5

  1. extreme mental distress

    Synonymsanguishtorment

  2. unbearable physical pain

    Synonymstorment

  3. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

    • “an agony of doubt”
    • “the torments of the damned”
    Synonymsagonytorment
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  1. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

    Synonymsdistortionoverrefinementstrainingtwisting

  2. 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”
    Synonymstorturing

VERB 2

  1. torment emotionally or mentally

    Synonymstormentexcruciaterack

  2. subject to torture

    • “The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible”
    Synonymsexcruciatetorment