| noun | unbearable physical pain |
| noun | extreme mental distress |
| noun | intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain “an agony of doubt” |
| noun | a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented “so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors” |
| noun | a severe affliction |
| noun | the act of harassing someone |
| verb | torment emotionally or mentally |
| verb | treat cruelly “The children tormented the stuttering teacher” |
| verb | subject to torture “The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible” |
| torturous | adjective | extremely painful |
| torture | verb | subject to torture |
| torment | verb | subject to torture |
| anguish | verb | suffer great pains or distress |
| agonal | adjective | pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies) |
| agonist | noun | the principal character in a work of fiction |
| agonise | verb | cause to agonize |
| worry | verb | disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress |
| bedevil | verb | treat cruelly |
| torment | noun | intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain |
| tormenter | noun | someone who torments |
| tormentor | noun | someone who torments |
| torture | noun | intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain |
| torturer | noun | someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion) |
| excruciation | noun | a state of acute pain |
| rack | noun | an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims |
| bedevilment | noun | the act of harassing someone |
| crucifixion | noun | the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering |
| frustration | noun | a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized |
| torturing | noun | the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason |