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torturing

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of torturing

intensely or unbearably painful

watched the final torturing moments of the game as the lead constantly shifted between the two teams

Synonyms of torturing

agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, racking, raging, tormenting, torturous, wrenching

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acute, exquisite, extreme, fierce, intense, vehement, violent

biting, cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp, shooting, smarting, stabbing, stinging, tearing, tingling

torturing

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of torturing

the twisting of something out of a natural or normal shape or condition

fans of the natural look frown on the torturing of garden trees and shrubs into fantastic shapes

Synonyms of torturing

contortion, deformation, distortion, misshaping, screwing, squinching, warping

Words Related to torturing

defacement, deformity, disfigurement, malformation

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