муче́ние — meaning in English
mucheniye
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English meaning
- affliction noun A condition or event that causes ongoing pain, suffering, or hardship.
- anguish noun Severe mental or physical suffering, often caused by grief, loss, or distress.
- 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
муче́ние is used for these senses in English:
- affliction A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
- anguish Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
- torment Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
- torture The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish.
- torture Severe pain or anguish, of mind or body.
- torture (in figurative or extended use) An unpleasant sensation or its infliction: embarrassment, heartache, etc.
anguish — full definition
- noun Severe mental or physical suffering, often caused by grief, loss, or distress.
- verb To suffer or cause severe mental distress.
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