inflicting pain
- hurtingFeeling pain or distress
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
wound · bruise · sting · burn · cut · strike · beating · torment · abuse · harm · sadism · brutality · lash · whip · scald · pierce · stab · punish
causing sensation
inflicting painsoothing
Reducing distress or discomfort
pleasuring · comforting · gratifying · delighting · caressing
moral/ethical action
inflicting painhealing
Restoration of health
nurturing · caring for · protecting · sparing · helping
medical/therapeutic intervention
inflicting painhealing
Restoration of health
numbing · anesthetizing · palliating · curing · medicating