self-torture

1. 1.

   self-imposed distress

   Synonymsself-torment

   Broaderdistress

Questions about self-torture

What does self-torture mean?

self-torture means "self-imposed distress".

How many syllables are in self-torture?

self-torture has 3 syllables: self--tor-ture. The stress falls on "self-".

What is another word for self-torture?

Close synonyms include self-torment. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is self-torture a common word?

self-torture is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.