torturings
Acts of tormenting
Torturings is the plural of torturing, the act of inflicting severe pain or suffering.
The word typically appears in contexts describing multiple instances or sessions of torture: The torturings continued for weeks.
It can also refer to figurative anguish: the torturings of a guilty conscience.
Formal, intensive questioning sessions
- beatingsStrikes delivered repeatedly
- mutilationsActs causing severe disfigurement
- waterboardingsSuffocation torture using water
- floggingsWhip-administered punishments
brandings · burnings · electrocutions · thumbscrews · rack · whippings · flayings · maimings
States of distress endured
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- heartachesEmotional anguish from loss
- devastationsActs causing widespread ruin
- crueltiesHarsh, harmful acts
teasings · provocations · tantalizations · frustrations · longings · uncertainties · anxieties · dreads
Acts causing deep shame
- deprivationsStates of lacking necessities
- isolationsStates of being apart
- gaslightingsActs of psychological manipulation
- intimidationsActions meant to frighten
degradations · brainwashings · threats · coercions · manipulations · shaming · confusions · indoctrinations
interrogations
Formal, intensive questioning sessions
- beatingsStrikes delivered repeatedly
- mutilationsActs causing severe disfigurement
- waterboardingsSuffocation torture using water
floggings · brandings · burnings · electrocutions · thumbscrews · rack · whippings · flayings · maimings · suffocations
sufferings
States of distress endured
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- heartachesEmotional anguish from loss
- devastationsActs causing widespread ruin
cruelties · teasings · provocations · tantalizations · frustrations · longings · uncertainties · anxieties · dreads
humiliations
Acts causing deep shame
- deprivationsStates of lacking necessities
- isolationsStates of being apart
- gaslightingsActs of psychological manipulation
intimidations · degradations · brainwashings · threats · coercions · manipulations · shaming · confusions · indoctrinations · persecutions
torturingsmercies
Acts of forgiveness
kindnesses · healings · ministrations · caresses · tendernesses
torturingsblessings
Favors from the divine
benevolences · compassions · charities · good deeds · rescues
torturingshealings
Restorations to wellness
pain relief · alleviations · easings · pamperings · therapeutic treatments