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单词 torturing
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torturingn.

Etymology: < torture v. + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtorturing.
The action of torture v.; infliction of torture; tormenting; figurative wresting, perversion.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > infliction of
tormentingc1290
torture1551
torturing1633
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > [noun]
wrestingc1444
pervertinga1450
corruptiona1513
straining1528
writhing?1532
hacking1539
violence1546
racking1556
wrying1562
wringing1565
detorting1579
wrest1581
detortion1598
wrench1603
torture1605
distorting1610
violencing1612
refraction1614
misacception1629
distortion1650
distorture1709
misacceptation1721
torturing1753
verbicide1826
stretch1849
twisting1890
queeringness1955
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > [noun] > instance of
violence1546
wresting1551
wreathing1556
strain1579
wrest1581
mis-sense1615
by-signification1651
extortion1652
corruption1699
wrench1701
by-sense1782
corruptibility1847
torturing1855
twist1862
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island xii. lxv. 175 He soon was led Unto a thousand thousand torturings.
a1649 W. Drummond Irene in Wks. (1711) 170 Ruines of Noble Houses,..Confiscation of Estates, torturing of Bodies.
1753 W. Stewart in Scots Mag. Mar. 135/2 What strange..torturing of..upright actions must there be, to make this criminal?
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (1830) I. i. 133 Prohibition not only of killing and maiming, but also of torturing (to which our laws are strangers).
1855 F. D. Maurice Patriarchs & Law-givers (1882) xii. 223 These are not inferences drawn from the story by an unnatural torturing.

Compounds

torturing-stock n. a person upon whom torture is inflicted.Apparently an isolated use.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > one who is tortured
torturing-stock1622
1622 Bp. J. Hall Serm. Thebalds 27 Yet..were these poore torturing-stocks higher..than their persecutors.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

torturingadj.

Etymology: < torture v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtorturing.
That tortures; inflicting or causing torture; tormenting, excruciating.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > [adjective]
anguishous?c1225
wounding?c1225
asperc1374
derflya1400
rending?c1400
furiousc1405
fretting1413
piercingc1450
anguish1477
piquant1521
anguishing?1566
plaguing1566
asperous?1567
agonizing1570
tormenting1575
wringing1576
cutting1582
tormentous1583
tormentful1596
tormentuous1597
racking1598
torturous1600
lacerating1609
torturing1611
tearinga1616
heart-aching1620
breast-rending1625
crucifying1648
tormentative1654
martyring?a1656
tormentive1655
discruciating1658
cruciatory1660
anguishful1685
brain-racking1708
probing1749
agonized1793
anguished1803
harrowing1810
vulnerary1821
grinding1869
torturesome1889
wrenching1889
tortuous1922
society > authority > punishment > torture > [adjective] > that tortures
tormenting1575
tormentous1583
torturous1600
torturing1611
1611 W. Mure Misc. Poems ii. 46 He [Cupid]..fled away..; But, (woes me,) left behind his tort'ring toyle.
1669 A. Thorold in St. Papers, Dom. 505 An eminent French Protestant..put to a torturing death.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. viii. 267 This state of torturing suspense.
1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna x. viii. 216 [He] bade the torturing wheel Be brought.
1869 A. J. Evans Vashti xvii. 225 Her past.., of which the bare memory was so torturing.

Derivatives

ˈtorturingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > [adverb]
unsoftOE
sharplya1023
derfly?c1225
derfc1325
pinefullyc1390
anguishouslyc1440
heinouslya1555
tormentingly1575
keenlya1593
cuttingly1611
torturingly?a1625
stingingly1667
severelya1682
piercingly1781
harrowingly1799
excruciatingly1808
martyrly1819
pinchingly1825
crucifyingly1826
torturously1857
woundingly1887
scarifyingly1921
the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adverb] > anguish or torment
sorelyc888
sorec1290
tormentingly1575
sensibly1613
torturingly?a1625
tormentously1669
agonizingly1775
excruciatingly1808
tormentedly1891
?a1625 Lawes of Candy iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hhh3/1 An host of furies Could not have baited me, more torturingly.
1882 T. Hardy Two on Tower I. ix. 173 He was there a torturingly long time.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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