Anguish vs Tortured - What's the difference?
anguish | tortured |
Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
* Bible, Exodus vi. 9
* Latimer
* 1889 , :
To suffer pain.
* (rfdate) 1900s , Kl. Knigge, Iceland Folk Song , traditional, Harmony: H. Ruland
To cause to suffer pain.
(torture)
Intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony.
(chiefly, literary) The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships.
To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).
As verbs the difference between anguish and tortured
is that anguish is to suffer pain while tortured is (torture).As a noun anguish
is extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.anguish
English
Noun
- But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
- Ye miserable people, you must go to God in anguishes , and make your prayer to him.
- A terrible scream—a prolonged yell of horror and anguish —burst out of the silence of the moor. That frightful cry turned the blood to ice in my veins.
Synonyms
* agony, calvary, cross, pang, torture, torment * See also:Verb
(es)- We’re leaving these shores for our time has come, the days of our youth must now end. The hearts bitter anguish , it burns for the home that we’ll never see again.
External links
* *tortured
English
Verb
(head)torture
English
(wikipedia torture)Noun
(en noun)- Using large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture .
- In every war there are acts of torture that cause the world to shudder.
- People confess to anything under torture .
- Every time she says 'goodbye' it is torture !
Derived terms
* torture chamber *Verb
(tortur)- People who torture often have sadistic tendencies.