torture
noun
the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
self-torturing
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a word derived from
torture.
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a word form of
self-torture.
self-torturenounthe act of torturing oneself; an activity causing extreme physical, mental, or emotional pain to oneself.
Example Sentences
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"He's incredibly insecure and very self-torturing," says Merrill Markoe, his former girlfriend, who helped create Late Night, devised such popular bits as Stupid Pet Tricks and wrote for the show until 1986.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the man on whom the archbishop smiled was Don Miguel Archibeque, longtime head of the self-torturing sect called Penitentes, which was officially banned by the church for almost 100 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was the voice of the self-torturing '20s, filled with a sort of sobjectivity that one critic described as "the authentic note of heartbreak," and it went over big.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still, he was nearing the end of his doubts and self-torturing sophistry.
From Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 by John George Nicolay
Chaucer's, there is every reason to believe, was a contented faith, as far removed from self-torturing unrest as from childish credulity.
From Chaucer by Sir Adolphus William Ward
