torturing

About 0.58 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Extremely painful, distressing, or difficult to endure.
2. noun An act of torture.
3. verb present participle and gerund of torture

Similar words

torturous torturesome excruciating painful agonizing harrowing abuse sophist abusing tormenting

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