Tra từ torture - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

I - noun

1. extreme mental distress (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
anguish, torment
• Derivationally related forms:
torment (for: torment), anguish (for: anguish)
• Hypernyms:
distress, hurt, suffering
2. unbearable physical pain
• Syn:
torment
• Derivationally related forms:
torment (for: torment), torturous
• Hypernyms:
pain, hurting
3. intense feelings of suffering;
acute mental or physical pain
- an agony of doubt
- the torments of the damned
• Syn:
agony, torment
• Derivationally related forms:
torturous, torment (for: torment), agonal (for: agony), agonist (for: agony), agonise (for: agony)
• Hypernyms:
suffering, hurt
4. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
• Syn:
distortion, overrefinement, straining, twisting
• Derivationally related forms:
twist (for: twisting), overrefine (for: overrefinement), distort (for: distortion)
• Hypernyms:
falsification, misrepresentation
5. 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
• Syn:
torturing
• Derivationally related forms:
torture (for: torturing)
• Hypernyms:
persecution
• Hyponyms:
bastinado, falanga, boot, burning, crucifixion,
excruciation, genital torture, judicial torture, kia quen, kittee, nail pulling,
nail removal, picket, piquet, prolonged interrogation, rack, sensory deprivation,
sleep deprivation, strappado, strapado, electric shock, dismemberment, taking apart

II - verb

1. torment emotionally or mentally (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
torment, excruciate, rack
• Derivationally related forms:
rack (for: rack), excruciation (for: excruciate), torturer, torment (for: torment), tormenter (for: torment), tormentor (for: torment)
• Hypernyms:
pain, anguish, hurt
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The bad news will torture him
2. subject to torture (Freq. 1)
- The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible
• Syn:
excruciate, torment
• Derivationally related forms:
torment (for: torment), tormenter (for: torment), excruciation (for: excruciate), torturer, torturing
• Hypernyms:
injure, wound
• Hyponyms:
rack, martyr, martyrize, martyrise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to torture the prisoners