ˈæ.ɡə.niː dɪsˈtɔːʃən ɛk.ˈskɹu.ʃi.eɪ̯t ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚ ˈtɔːt͡ʃə(ɹ) ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚ ˈtɔːt͡ʃə(ɹ) ˈtwɪstɪŋ subject to torture The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean torment emotionally or mentally intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain an agony of doubt the torments of the damned extreme mental distress unbearable physical pain