'torturing' definitions:
Definition of 'torturing'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Extremely painful [syn: agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome]
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; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession" [syn: torture, torturing]
Synonyms of 'torturing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse of terms,
- agonizing,
- catachresis,
- contorting,
- corruption,
- distortion,
- eisegesis,
- error,
- false coloring,
- garbling,
- gloss,
- harrowing,
- malentendu,
- malobservation,
- misapplication,
- misapprehension,
- miscitation,
- misconception,
- misconstruction,
- misdirection,
- misexplanation,
- misexplication,
- misexposition,
- misintelligence,
- misinterpretation,
- misjudgment,
- misquotation,
- misreading,
- misrendering,
- misrepresentation,
- mistranslation,
- misunderstanding,
- misuse,
- misuse of words,
- perversion,
- racking,
- slanting,
- squeezing,
- straining,
- tearing,
- tormenting,
- torturous,
- twisting,
- wrenching