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| Main Entry: | torture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset or hurt severely |
| Synonyms: | abuse, afflict, agonize, annoy, beat, bother, crucify, distress, disturb, grill, impale, injure, irritate, lacerate, maim, mangle, martyr, mistreat, mutilate, oppress, pain, persecute, rack, smite, torment, try, whip, wound, wring, wrong, excruciate, harrow, martyrize |
| Notes: | torment suggests persecution or the repeated inflicting of suffering or annoyance; torture adds the implication of causing unbearable pain or suffering |
| Antonyms: | alleviate, please, relieve, make happy |
| Main Entry: | gnarled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knotted |
| Synonyms: | bent, crooked, deformed, distorted, gnarly, knurled, leathery, rough, rugged, twisted, weather-beaten, wrinkled, contorted, out of shape, tortured |
| Antonyms: | straight, unbent, uncurled, untwisted |
| Main Entry: | hurt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically or mentally injured |
| Synonyms: | aggrieved, burned, cut, damaged, distressed, disturbed, harmed, hit, impaired, indignant, miffed, mutilated, offended, pained, put away, rueful, sad, shot, sore, stricken, struck, suffering, tender, unhappy, wounded, aching, agonized, all torn up, battered, bleeding, bruised, buffeted, busted up, contused, crushed, disfigured, grazed, in pain, lacerated, marred, mauled, nicked, piqued, resentful, scarred, scraped, scratched, shook, tortured, umbrageous, warped |
| Antonyms: | healthy, pleased, well, comforted, cured, healed, ok, remedied |
| Main Entry: | woeful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | terrible, sad |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, appalling, awful, bad, calamitous, cruel, deplorable, disappointing, disastrous, disconsolate, disgraceful, distressing, doleful, dreadful, feeble, gloomy, grievous, grim, heartbreaking, heartrending, heartsick, hopeless, inadequate, lamentable, lousy*, mean, miserable, mournful, paltry, pathetic, piteous, pitiful, plaintive, poor, rotten, shocking, sorrowful, sorry, tragic, unfortunate, unhappy, wretched, agonized, anguished, catastrophic, grieving, pitiable, racked, tortured |
| Antonyms: | glad, happy, joyful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | miserable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhappy, depressed |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, ailing, brokenhearted, crestfallen, dejected, desolate, despairing, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, discontented, distressed, doleful, dolorous, down, down in the mouth*, downcast, forlorn, gloomy, heartbroken, hopeless, hurt, ill, injured, melancholy, mournful, pained, pathetic, rueful, sad, sick, sickly, sorrowful, strained, suffering, tragic, troubled, woebegone, wounded, wretched, agonized, anguished, hurting, in pain, on a downer, pitiable, racked, ruthful, tormented, tortured |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, elated, happy, joyful, merry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | troubled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | worried |
| Synonyms: | afraid, agitated, alarmed, annoyed, anxious, apprehensive, beset, bothered, concerned, confused, discombobulated*, disconcerted, displeased, distraught, distressed, disturbed, fearful, frightened, harried, irritated, miffed*, overwrought, pained, perplexed, perturbed, provoked, put out, puzzled, scared, shaken, terrified, uneasy, unsettled, upset, aggravated, anguished, chagrined, disquieted, exacerbated, flustered, harrowed, in a tizzy*, inconvenienced, irked, mortified, pestered, plagued, riled*, ruffled, tormented, tortured, vexed, worried stiff* |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, composed, cool, peaceful, quiet, settled, untroubled, at ease |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | afflict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause or become hurt |
| Synonyms: | agonize, annoy, beset, bother, burden, crucify, distress, grieve, harass, harry, irk, lacerate, martyr, oppress, pain, pester, plague, press, rack, smite, strike, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, worry, wound, harrow |
| Antonyms: | aid, comfort, help, solace, stay away from, take care of |
| Main Entry: | agonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suffer or cause another to suffer |
| Synonyms: | afflict, bleed, carry on, crucify, distress, disturb, hurt, labor, lament, martyr, pain, rack, squirm, strain, strive, struggle, torment, torture, try, wince, worry, writhe, eat heart out, excruciate, harrow, sing the blues, stew over, take it badly |
| Antonyms: | not worry |
| Main Entry: | bully |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intimidate, push around |
| Synonyms: | bludgeon, bluster, browbeat, bulldoze, coerce, cow, domineer, enforce, harass, hector, menace, oppress, persecute, swagger, terrorize, threaten, torment, torture, tyrannize, buffalo, despotize, dragoon, lean on, overbear, ride roughshod, showboat, turn on the heat, walk heavy |
| Antonyms: | allow, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | contort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disfigure, distort |
| Synonyms: | bend, convolute, curve, deform, knot, torture, twist, warp, wind, wrench, writhe, gnarl, misshape |
| Antonyms: | beautify, smooth |
| Main Entry: | crucify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | execute; torture near to death |
| Synonyms: | hang, kill, martyr, persecute, rack, torment, torture, excruciate, harrow, martyrize, nail to cross |
| Antonyms: | exalt |
| Main Entry: | crucify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | browbeat, destroy with words |
| Synonyms: | afflict, agonize, bedevil, bother, lampoon, pan, ridicule, smite, torment, torture, try, harrow, ill-treat, tear to pieces, wipe the floor with |
| Antonyms: | compliment, exalt, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | distort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deform; falsify |
| Synonyms: | alter, angle, belie, bend, bias, buckle, change, collapse, color, con, contort, crush, curve, deceive, decline, deteriorate, deviate, disfigure, doctor*, fake, fudge*, garble, knot, lie, mangle, melt, misconstrue, misinterpret, misrepresent, pervert, sag, scam*, slant, slump, snow*, torture, twist, warp, whitewash*, wind, wrench, writhe, gnarl, make out like, misshape, phony up, put one on, trump up |
| Antonyms: | beautify, straight, shape nicely |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | worry, upset |
| Synonyms: | afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, be on one's case, bother, break, bug, burn up, depress, desolate, discombobulate, disquiet, disturb, do a number on, dog*, eat*, get to*, get*, give a hard time, grieve, harass, harry, hound, hurt, injure, irk, irritate, make it tough for, miff, nag, needle, nit-pick, oppress, pain, peeve, perplex, pester, pick on, plague, push, push buttons, rack, sadden, strain, strap, stress, tick off*, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, weigh, wound |
| Antonyms: | assist, calm, comfort, help, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hurt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause physical pain; experience pain |
| Synonyms: | abuse, ache, afflict, ail, belt, bite, blemish, bruise, burn, cramp, cut, cut up, damage, disable, flail, flog, harm, impair, injure, kick, lacerate, lash, maltreat, mar, maul, mess up, nip, pierce, pinch, pommel, prick, pummel, punch, puncture, punish, rough up, shake up, slap, slug, smart, spank, spoil, squeeze, stab, sting, tear, throb, torment, torture, total, trouble, wax, whack, whip, wing, wound, wring, be sore, be tender, do violence, wrack up |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, assuage, cure, heal, help, relieve, remedy, soothe |
| Main Entry: | hurt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause mental pain |
| Synonyms: | abuse, afflict, aggrieve, annoy, burn, chafe, constrain, discomfit, discommode, displease, distress, faze, grieve, injure, lambaste, martyr, prejudice, punish, put down, put out, sadden, sting*, torment, torture, try, upset, vex, vitiate, wound, zing*, cut to the quick, excruciate, give no quarter, go for jugular, hit where one lives, lay a bad trip on, lean on, martyrize, thumb nose at, work over |
| Antonyms: | calm, placate, please, relieve, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | injure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurt, harm |
| Synonyms: | abuse, aggrieve, batter, blemish, blight, break, contort, cripple, cut up, damage, deface, deform, disable, disfigure, distort, distress, do in*, foul, foul up, grieve, impair, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mutilate, pain, pique, prejudice, ruin, shake up, spoil, sting, tarnish, torment, torture, total, undermine, vitiate, wax, weaken, wound, wrong, draw blood, hack up |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, cure, fix, heal, help, mend |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lacerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tear, cut; wound |
| Synonyms: | claw, gash, harm, hurt, injure, jag, lance, maim, mangle, mutilate, puncture, rend, rip, score, serrate, slash, stab, torment, torture |
| Main Entry: | oppress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depress, subdue |
| Synonyms: | abuse, afflict, aggrieve, annoy, burden, crush, dishearten, distress, encumber, force, handicap, harass, harry, hound*, maltreat, outrage, overcome, overload, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, persecute, pick on, plague, press, prey on, put down, ride, rule, sadden, saddle*, smother, strain, subjugate, suppress, tax, torment, torture, trample, trouble, vex, worry, wrong, beat down*, despotize, dispirit, keep down, put screws to, put the squeeze on, put upon, tyrranize, weigh heavy upon |
| Antonyms: | aid, boost, delight, gladden, help, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, trouble |
| Synonyms: | ache, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, annoy, bite, chafe, chasten, constrain, convulse, discomfort, disquiet, distress, exasperate, gall, grieve, gripe, harass, harm, hurt, inflame, injure, irk, irritate, nick, prick, punish, rack, rile, sadden, smart, sting, strain, stress, suffer, throb, tingle, torment, torture, upset, vex, worry, wound, cut to the quick, excruciate, harrow, hit where one lives |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, assuage, help, please |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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