torture, excruciate, torment
(verb) subject to torture; “The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible”
torment, torture, excruciate, rack
(verb) torment emotionally or mentally
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
excruciate (comparative more excruciate, superlative most excruciate)
(obsolete) Excruciated; tortured.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*cru"ci*ate, a. Etym: [L. excruciatus, p. p. of excruciare to excruciate; ex out + cruciare to put to death on a cross, to torment. See Cruciate, Cross.]
Definition: Excruciated; tortured. And here my heart long time excruciate. Chapman.
Ex*cru"ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excruciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Excruciating.]
Definition: To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body. Their thoughts, like devils, them excruciate. Drayton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 June 2025
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
