excruciation
English Thesaurus
1. the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | torture, torturing, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.act) |
2. a state of acute pain (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | hurting, pain, |
| definition | : | a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | throe, |
| definition | : | severe spasm of pain (noun.state) |
3. the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering (noun.act)
4. a state of acute pain (noun.state)
| derivation | : | agonist, |
| definition | : | someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon) (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | hurt, suffer, |
| definition | : | feel pain or be in pain (verb.body) |
| derivation | : | agonise, agonize, |
| definition | : | suffer agony or anguish (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | agonise, agonize, |
| definition | : | cause to agonize (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | ache, hurt, suffer, |
| definition | : | feel physical pain (verb.perception) |
| derivation | : | agonal, |
| definition | : | pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies) (adj.pert) |
5. the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering (noun.act)
6. a state of acute pain (noun.state)
| derivation | : | agonist, |
| definition | : | someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon) (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | hurt, suffer, |
| definition | : | feel pain or be in pain (verb.body) |
| derivation | : | agonise, agonize, |
| definition | : | suffer agony or anguish (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | agonise, agonize, |
| definition | : | cause to agonize (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | ache, hurt, suffer, |
| definition | : | feel physical pain (verb.perception) |
| derivation | : | agonal, |
| definition | : | pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies) (adj.pert) |
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