терзать — meaning in English
terzat
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English meaning
- anguish noun Severe mental or physical suffering, often caused by grief, loss, or distress.
- bedevil verb To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
- excruciate verb To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
- harrow noun A heavy farming tool with rows of spikes or discs, dragged over ploughed soil to break it up.
- maul noun A heavy hammer used for driving wedges when splitting logs, or as a weapon.
- rankle verb To cause irritation, bitterness or acrimony.
- throe noun A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.
Senses
терзать is used for these senses in English:
- anguish (transitive) To cause to suffer pain.
- bedevil To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
- excruciate (transitive) To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
- harrow (transitive) To traumatize or disturb; to torment, distress or vex.
- maul To handle someone or something in a rough way.
- rankle (transitive, or, intransitive) To cause irritation, bitterness or acrimony.
- throe (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel throes, as if in childbirth; to put in agony.
anguish — full definition
- noun Severe mental or physical suffering, often caused by grief, loss, or distress.
- verb To suffer or cause severe mental distress.
bedevil — full definition
- verb To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
- verb To perplex or bewilder.
- verb To possess (someone's mind).