Definitions For Torturing

noun

  • 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
  • The act of causing severe physical pain as a form of punishment or as a way to force someone to do or say something
  • Something that causes mental or physical suffering : a very painful or unpleasant experience

adjective

  • Extremely painful

verb

  • To cause (someone) to experience severe physical pain especially as a form of punishment or to force that person to do or say something
  • To cause (someone) to feel very worried, unhappy, etc.

Is Torturing a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
13

The word Torturing is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Torturing in a Sentence

  • Waiting is just torture for me.
  • Listening to him can be torture.
  • The report revealed that prisoners had been repeatedly tortured.
  • Don't torture yourself over the mistake.

Synonyms for Torturing

Antonyms for Torturing

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