torture
The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or…The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish.
» They're going to torture you.
Вони тебе катуватимуть. — deniko
Вони вас катуватимуть. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish.
People confess to anything under torture.
Using large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture.
Tortur
страда́ниеstradánije, му́каmúka, муче́ниеmučénije
The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish.
(countable, in compounds, uncountable)Sexual activity involving the infliction of pain to a certain body part or in a certain manner.
cock and ball torture
tickle torture
(countable, uncountable)Severe pain or anguish, of mind or body.
Folter
пы́ткаpýtka, истяза́ниеistjazánije, муче́ниеmučénije
торту́раtortúra, катува́нняkatuvánnja, торту́риtortúry
(countable, uncountable)An unpleasant sensation or its infliction: embarrassment, heartache, etc.
Every time she says 'goodbye' it is torture!
- 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
- unbearable physical pain
- intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
- extreme mental distress
Examples
285 sentencesThey're going to torture you.
Вони тебе катуватимуть. — deniko
Tom was tortured.
Тома піддавали тортурам. — deniko
ruТома пытали. — afyodor
deTom wurde gefoltert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Stop torturing yourself.
Припини знущатися над собою. — deniko
ruПерестань себя мучить. — soweli_Elepanto
deHör auf, dich zu quälen. — Manfredo
Why are you torturing me?
Чому ти наді мною знущаєшся? — deniko
ruЗачем ты меня мучаешь? — marafon
deWarum quälst du mich? — brauchinet
I hope they don't torture us.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English torture, from Old French torture, from Late Latin tortūra (“a twistingFrom Middle English torture, from Old French torture, from Late Latin tortūra (“a twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping colic;” in Medieval Latin “pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of persuasion, torture”), from Latin tortus (whence also tort), past participle of torquēre (“to twist”).
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Forms
plural: torturesSynonyms
22 synonyms- 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:torturing
- unbearable physical pain:torment
- intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain:agonytorment
- extreme mental distress:anguishtorment
- the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean:distortionoverrefinementstrainingtwisting
Word family
20 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable