torturing

intensely or unbearably painful watched the final torturing moments of the game as the lead constantly shifted between the two teams Synonyms agonizing, harrowing, racking, raging, tormenting, excruciating, torturous, wrenchingRelated Words acute, exquisite, extreme, fierce, intense, vehement, violent; biting, cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp, shooting, smarting, stabbing, stinging, tearing, tingling

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 deformation, distortion, misshaping, screwing, squinching, contortion, warpingRelated Words defacement, deformity, disfigurement, malformation