βασανίζω — meaning in English
vasanizo
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English meaning
- anguish noun Severe mental or physical suffering, often caused by grief, loss, or distress.
- harrow noun A heavy farming tool with rows of spikes or discs, dragged over ploughed soil to break it up.
- plague noun A deadly, fast-spreading disease, especially historically the bubonic plague.
- torment noun Severe physical or mental suffering.
- torture noun The deliberate infliction of severe pain, especially to punish someone or force information out of them.
Senses
βασανίζω is used for these senses in English:
- anguish (transitive) To cause to suffer pain.
- harrow (transitive) To traumatize or disturb; to torment, distress or vex.
- plague (transitive) To afflict with a disease or other calamity.
- torment (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
- torture (transitive) To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or punishing them.
anguish — full definition
- noun Severe mental or physical suffering, often caused by grief, loss, or distress.
- verb To suffer or cause severe mental distress.
harrow — full definition
- noun A heavy farming tool with rows of spikes or discs, dragged over ploughed soil to break it up.
- verb To deeply upset or torment someone.