Having been subjected to torture, mental or physical. / Involving suffering and difficulty. / Of literature, burdened by unnecessary complexity, obfuscation, abstruseness, etc.

simple past tense and past participle of torture

Someone who tortures.

The intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony. / (chiefly literary) The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships.

(transitive) To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).

An act of torture

present participle of torture

Of or pertaining to torture. / Painful, excruciating, torturing.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of torture

plural of torture