Thesaurus
torture
Synonyms and Antonyms of torture
- It's torture for me to see you so unhappy.
- Liz spent an afternoon in torture waiting to hear whether her brother had made it home safely.
affliction, agony, anguish, distress, excruciation, hurt, misery, pain, rack, strait(s), torment, travail, tribulation, woe
torture
Synonyms and Antonyms of torture
- The neighbor's dog constantly tortures our cat, barking at him and chasing him down the street.
badger, dog, hound, pursue, ride
aggravate, agitate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, distress, disturb, exasperate, gall, get, grate, gripe, hagride, harass, harry, irk, irritate, molest, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put out, rasp, rile, vex
discomfort, discompose, disquiet, fluster, grieve, perturb, strain, stress, trouble, try, upset, worry
crush, oppress, overpower, overwhelm, smite, strike, tyrannize, victimize
- tortured her naturally straight hair into curls
Synonym Discussion of torture
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- ills that afflict the elderly
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- children often try their parents' patience
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- a horse tormented by flies
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- tortured by a sense of guilt
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- a body racked by pain
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