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torture

English

Etymology

From Middle English torture, from Old French torture, from Late Latin tort?ra (a twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping colic;” in Middle Latin “pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of persuasion, torture), from Latin tortus (whence also tort), past participle of torquere (to twist).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?t??t???/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t??t???(?)/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)t??(?)
  • Homophone: torcher
  • Hyphenation: tor?ture

Noun

torture (countable and uncountable, plural tortures)

  1. intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony
  2. (chiefly literary) the "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships
    Coventry City midfielder Josh Ruffels described his 11 months out injured as 'absolute torture' after the goalless draw with Derby County Under-21s. ([3])
  3. (colloquial) (often as "absolute torture") stage fright, severe embarrassment

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Verb

torture (third-person singular simple present tortures, present participle torturing, simple past and past participle tortured)

  1. (transitive) To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).

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Further reading

  • torture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • torture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • torture at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • trouter, tutorer

Asturian

Verb

torture

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of torturar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of torturar

French

Etymology

From Late Latin tort?ra, from Latin tortus, from torque?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t??.ty?/
  • Rhymes: -y?
  • Homophones: torturent, tortures

Noun

torture f (plural tortures)

  1. torture
    • With these passages and other similar ones, the poor gentleman lost his judgement. He spent his nights and gave himself torture to understand them, to consider them more deeply, to take from them their deepest meaning, which Aristotle himself would not have been able to do, had he been resurrected for that very purpose.

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Descendants

  • ? Swedish: tortyr c

Verb

torture

  1. first-person singular present indicative of torturer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of torturer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of torturer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of torturer
  5. second-person singular imperative of torturer

Further reading

  • “torture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ure

Noun

torture f

  1. plural of tortura

Anagrams

  • rotture, rutterò, ruttore

Latin

Participle

tort?re

  1. vocative masculine singular of tort?rus

Portuguese

Verb

torture

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of torturar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of torturar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of torturar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of torturar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /to??tu?e/, [t?o??t?u.?e]

Verb

torture

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of torturar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of torturar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of torturar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of torturar.

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anxiety

English

Etymology

From Latin anxiet?s, from anxius (anxious, solicitous, distressed, troubled), from ang? (to distress, trouble), akin to Ancient Greek ???? (ánkh?, to choke). See anger; angst.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?æ?(?)?za?.?.ti/
  • Rhymes: -a??ti

Noun

anxiety (countable and uncountable, plural anxieties)

  1. An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
    • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 268a.
      But the other, because he's been immersed in arguments, gives the appearance of harbouring considerable anxiety and suspicion that he's ignorant of those matters he presents himself to others as an expert on.
  2. An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).
  3. (pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.

Synonyms

  • care, solicitude, foreboding, uneasiness, perplexity, disquietude, disquiet, trouble, apprehension, restlessness, distress

Related terms

Derived terms

  • hangxiety

Translations


Further reading

  • anxiety in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • anxiety in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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