English-Thai Dictionary

torture

N การ ทรมาน  kan-tor-ra-man

 

torture

N ความเจ็บปวด  kwam-jeb-puad

 

torture

N วิธี ทรมาน  wi-te-tor-ra-man

 

torture

VT ทรมาน ให้ เจ็บปวด  tor-ra-man-hai-jeb-puad

 

torture

VT ทำให้ บิดเบี้ยว  tam-hai-bid-biao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TORTURE

n.[L. tortus, torqueo, to twist. ] 1. Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment.
Ghastly spasm or racking torture.
2. Severe pain inflicted judicially, either as a punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person. Torture may be and is inflicted in a variety of ways, as by water or fire, or by the boot or thumbkin. But the most usual mode is by the rack or wheel.

 

TORTURE

v.t.To pain to extremity; to torment. 1. To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person.
2. To vex; to harass.
3. To keep on the stretch, as a bow. [Not in use. ]

 

TORTURED

pp. Tormented; stretched on the wheel; harassed.

 

TORTURER

n.One who tortures; a tormenter.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TORTURE

Tor "ture, n. Etym: [F.,fr. L. tortura, fr. torquere, tortum, to twist, rack, torture; probably akin to Gr. tre `pein to turn, G. drechsein to turn on a lathe, and perhaps to E. queer. Cf. Contort, Distort, Extort, Retort, Tart, n., Torch, Torment, Tortion, Tort, Trope. ]

 

1. Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind. Shak. Ghastly spasm or racking torture. Milton.

 

2. Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel.

 

3. The act or process of torturing. Torture, whitch had always been deciared illegal, and which had recently been declared illegal even by the servile judges of that age, was inflicted for the last time in England in the month of May, 164 . Macaulay.

 

TORTURE

Tor "ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tortured (; p. pr. & vb. n. Torturing. ]Etym: [Cf. F. Torturer. ]

 

1. To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.

 

2. To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person. Shak.

 

3. To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort. Jar. Taylor.

 

4. To keep on the stretch, as a bow. [Obs. ] The bow tortureth the string. Bacon.

 

TORTURER

TORTURER Tor "tur *er, n.

 

Defn: One who tortures; a tormentor.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

torture

tor ture |ˈtôrCHər ˈtɔrtʃər | ▶noun the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or to force them to do or say something, or for the pleasure of the person inflicting the pain. • great physical or mental suffering or anxiety: the torture I've gone through because of loving you so. • a cause of such suffering or anxiety: dances were absolute torture because I was so small. ▶verb [ with obj. ] inflict severe pain on: most of the victims had been brutally tortured. • cause great mental suffering or anxiety to: he was tortured by grief. DERIVATIVES tor tur er noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘distortion, twisting, ’ or a physical disorder characterized by this ): via French from late Latin tortura ‘twisting, torment, ’ from Latin torquere ‘to twist. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

torture

tor |ture |ˈtɔːtʃə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something. • great physical or mental suffering: the torture I've gone through because of loving you so. • a cause of great physical or mental suffering: dances were absolute torture because I was so small. ▶verb [ with obj. ] inflict severe pain on: most of the victims had been brutally tortured. • cause great mental suffering to: he was tortured by grief. DERIVATIVES torturer noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘distortion, twisting ’, or a physical disorder characterized by this ): via French from late Latin tortura ‘twisting, torment ’, from Latin torquere ‘to twist ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

torture

torture noun 1 acts of torture: infliction of pain, abuse, ill-treatment, maltreatment, persecution; sadism. 2 the torture of losing a loved one: torment, agony, suffering, pain, anguish, misery, distress, heartbreak, affliction, scourge, trauma, wretchedness; hell, purgatory. ▶verb 1 they have tortured suspects in order to extract confessions: inflict pain on, ill-treat, abuse, mistreat, maltreat, persecute. 2 he was tortured by grief: torment, rack, afflict, harrow, plague, agonize, scourge, crucify.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

torture

torture noun 1 the torture of political prisoners: infliction of pain, abuse, torment; ill-treatment, maltreatment, harsh treatment, punishment, persecution. 2 the torture of losing a loved one: torment, agony, suffering, pain; anguish, misery, distress, heartbreak, affliction, trauma, wretchedness, woe; hell, purgatory; rare excruciation. ANTONYMS pleasure. ▶verb 1 the security forces routinely tortured suspects: inflict pain on, inflict suffering on; torment, ill-treat, abuse, mistreat, maltreat, molest, scourge, wound, put someone on the rack, persecute, punish; informal work over, give someone the works. ANTONYMS relieve, comfort. 2 he was tortured by grief: torment, afflict, harrow, plague, distress, agonize, cause agony to, cause suffering to, inflict anguish on; crucify, rack, pain, mortify; worry, trouble, beset.

 

French Dictionary

torture

torture n. f. nom féminin 1 Supplice. : Des instruments de torture. 2 figuré Douleur morale ou physique. : Cette attente est une torture. Quand serons-nous fixés? LOCUTION Mettre à la torture. figuré Tourmenter, angoisser. : Les examens le mettaient toujours à la torture.

 

torturer

torturer v. tr. , pronom. verbe transitif 1 Soumettre à des tortures. SYNONYME martyriser . 2 figuré Faire souffrir, tourmenter. verbe pronominal Se tourmenter. : Ils ne cessent de se torturer. Note Grammaticale À la forme pronominale, le participe passé de ce verbe s ’accorde en genre et en nombre avec le complément direct si celui-ci le précède. Les muscles qu ’il s ’est torturés en parcourant cette route à vélo sont douloureux. Elle s ’est torturée à l ’attendre. Le participe passé reste invariable si le complément direct suit le verbe. Ils se sont torturé les méninges pour trouver une solution. LOCUTION Se torturer le cerveau, l ’esprit. S ’interroger intensément. aimer

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

torture

tor ture /tɔ́ː r tʃə r /〖語源は 「ねじること 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 U 〖具体例では 可算 〗拷問 ; C 拷問の方法 ▸ a torture device 拷問道具 2 U 〖具体例では 可算 〗｟ややくだけて ｠(肉体的 精神的 )苦痛 , 苦悩 ; 苦痛 [苦悩 ]のもと ▸ Hearing the neighbor's baby crying is torture .近所の子供の泣き声を聞くのは苦痛だ 動詞 ～s /-z /; ～d /-d /; -turing /-tʃ (ə )rɪŋ /他動詞 1 〈人 〉を拷問にかける (!しばしば 受け身で ) ▸ They were tortured and killed [to death ].彼らは拷問の末殺された 2 〈感情 人などが 〉 «…で » 〈人 〉をひどく苦しめる [悩ませる ] «with , by » ▸ be tortured by a sense of guilt 罪の意識にさいなまれる 3 〈言葉 規則など 〉を曲解する ; …をこじつける .4 〈木など 〉をねじ曲げる .

 

torturedly

t ó r tured ly 副詞 苦しんで .

 

torturer

t ó r tur er /-rə r /名詞 C 拷問をする人 ; 苦しめるもの [人 ].