excruciate vs torture what difference
what is difference between excruciate and torture
English
Etymology
From Latin excruciātus, past participle of excruciō, from ex- + cruciō, from the base of crux (“cross”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛk.ˈskɹu.ʃi.eɪ̯t/, /ɛk.ˈskɹu.si.eɪ̯t/
Verb
excruciate (third-person singular simple present excruciates, present participle excruciating, simple past and past participle excruciated)
- (transitive) To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
Related terms
- excruciating
Translations
Adjective
excruciate (comparative more excruciate, superlative most excruciate)
- (obsolete) Excruciated; tortured.
- 1616, George Chapman’s translation of Homer’s Odyssey
- And here my heart long time excruciate
Amongst the leaves I rested all that night.
- And here my heart long time excruciate
- 1616, George Chapman’s translation of Homer’s Odyssey
Latin
Verb
excruciāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of excruciō
English
Etymology
From Middle English torture, from Old French torture, from Late Latin tortūra (“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): /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɔːt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ)
- Homophone: torcher
- Hyphenation: tor‧ture
Noun
torture (countable and uncountable, plural tortures)
- intentional causing of somebody’s experiencing agony
- (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])
- (colloquial) (often as “absolute torture”) stage fright, severe embarrassment
Derived terms
Related terms
Synonyms
- enhanced interrogation techniques
Translations
Verb
torture (third-person singular simple present tortures, present participle torturing, simple past and past participle tortured)
- (transitive) To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).
Derived terms
Translations
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
- first-person singular present subjunctive of torturar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of torturar
French
Etymology
From Late Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, from torqueō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔʁ.tyʁ/
- Rhymes: -yʁ
- Homophones: torturent, tortures
Noun
torture f (plural tortures)
- 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.
Related terms
Descendants
- → Swedish: tortyr c
Verb
torture
- first-person singular present indicative of torturer
- third-person singular present indicative of torturer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of torturer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of torturer
- 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
- IPA(key): /torˈtu.re/
- Rhymes: -ure
Noun
torture f
- plural of tortura
Anagrams
- rotture, rutterò, ruttore
Latin
Participle
tortūre
- vocative masculine singular of tortūrus
Portuguese
Verb
torture
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of torturar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of torturar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of torturar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of torturar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toɾˈtuɾe/, [t̪oɾˈt̪u.ɾe]
Verb
torture
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of torturar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of torturar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of torturar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of torturar.