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