Term: self-torture: self-imposed distress
Candidate hypernym: pain: emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid → 1
Candidate hypernym: catgut: a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery → 0
Candidate hypernym: pastry: a dough of flour and water and shortening → 0
Candidate hypernym: telecom hotel: a building that houses telecommunications equipment → 0
Candidate hypernym: oat: seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as `oats') → 0
Candidate hypernym: gelignite: a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate → 0
Candidate hypernym: smudge: a smoky fire to drive away insects → 0
Candidate hypernym: sex: the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles → 0
Candidate hypernym: organon: a system of principles for philosophic or scientific investigations; an instrument for acquiring knowledge → 0
Candidate hypernym: foundry proof: a proof taken from a form before duplicate plates are made → 0
Candidate hypernym: acid test: a rigorous or crucial appraisal → 0