torture in WordNet English dictionary

1. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
   "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"
   agony  torment  torture 
   
2. extreme mental distress
   anguish  torment  torture 
   
3. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
   distortion  overrefinement  straining  torture  twisting 
   
4. unbearable physical pain
   torture  torment 
   
5. 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"
   torture  torturing 
   

1. subject to torture
   "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
   torture  excruciate  torment 
   
2. torment emotionally or mentally
   torment  torture  excruciate  rack