Torturing and Upsetting

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Torturing adjective - Intensely or unbearably painful.

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Upsetting and torturing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Upsetting" instead an adjective "Torturing".

Nearby Words: torture, tortured, torturous, torturer

Upsetting adjective - Causing worry or anxiety.

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Torturing and upsetting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Torturing" instead an adjective "Upsetting".

Nearby Word: upset

In Ajax, the protracted torture of sheep is upsetting enough for Ajax's friends and family, but the sheer glee Ajax derives in doing so (thinking he is torturing Odysseus) just makes it worse.

Source: Dissonant Laughter

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