Discomfort
Discomfort noun - The state of being tense and feeling pain.
Torture and discomfort are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Torture" instead the word "Discomfort" as a noun or a verb.
Nearby Words: discomforting, discomforted
Torture
Torture noun - A state of great suffering of body or mind.
Usage example: spent an afternoon in torture waiting to hear whether her brother had made it home safely
Discomfort and torture are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discomfort" instead the word "Torture" as a noun or a verb.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
How words are described
| emotional | emotional discomfort | emotional torture |
| physical | physical discomfort | physical torture |
| mild | mild discomfort | mild torture |
| painful | painful discomfort | painful torture |
| Other adjectives: heavy, actual, real, constant, massive, intense, serious, little, absolute, subtle, psychic, psychological, general, further. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
-
On the flip side, it will put Gath (the name given to the death dealer) through slowly increasing discomfort, pain, and finally torture.
Source: Artifact of Doom -
Also Tully's discomfort and disgust with torture.
Source: Film / The Addams Family - What form the torture takes is different depending on which sister is subjecting you to it, and it has been placed in a spoiler to avoid causing discomfort, just in case: Yuri (youngest sister) uses a horse contraption; Chika (middle sister) uses rocks; and Mayu (oldest sister) uses a waterwheel.
Source: Video Game / Way of the Samurai
Cite this Source
Torture and Discomfort. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/discomfort/torture
Discomfort & Torture. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/discomfort/torture>.
Torture or Discomfort. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/discomfort/torture.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "discomfort" and "torture" have occurred on timeline