Definition of tenaillement - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

douleur morale

Rare

souffrance morale intense qui fait mal

Rare

Il ressentait un tenaillement constant depuis cette rupture.

affliction

torture

Dated

action de torturer avec des tenailles chaudes

Dated

Le tenaillement était une méthode de torture utilisée autrefois.

martyre

supplice

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Origin of tenaillement

français, tenaille (outil) + suffixe -ment (action)

Examples of tenaillement in a sentence

Il a ressenti un tenaillement de culpabilité après l'incident.
Le tenaillement était redouté des prisonniers.
On évoque rarement le tenaillement dans les livres d'histoire.

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English:torment, torture with hot pincers, ...
German:seelischer Schmerz, Zangenfolter, ...
Italian:tormento, tenagliamento, ...
Spanish:tormento, tenazamiento, ...
Portuguese:tormento, tenalhamento, ...
Chinese:精神折磨, 烙钳酷刑, ...
Japanese:苦悩, 焼きごて拷問, ...
Arabic:عذاب داخلي, تعذيب بالكماشات, ...
Hebrew:יַסּוּרֵי נֶפֶשׁ, עִנּוּי בְּאֶמְצָעוּת פִּינְצֵטוֹת, ...
Russian:мучительное переживание, пытка клещами, ...
Ukrainian:душевний біль, щипцеві тортури, ...
Catalan:torment, tortura amb tenalles calentes, ...
Danish:kval, tortur med glødende tænger, ...
Dutch:emotionele pijn, tangverbranding, ...
Greek:ψυχικός πόνος, βασανισμός με τανάλιες, ...
Hungarian:marcangoló lelki fájdalom, harapófogóval való kínzás, ...
Khmer:ការឈឺចាប់រុករានចិត្ត, ការធ្វើទារុណកម្មដោយដង្កាប់ក្តៅ, ...
Korean:극심한 고통, 집게 고문, ...
Polish:udręka, tortura obcęgami, ...
Portuguese (BR):tormento, tortura com tenazes, ...
Romanian:chin, tortură cu clești, ...
Swedish:kval, tortyr med heta tänger, ...
Thai:ความเจ็บปวดรวดร้าว, การทรมานด้วยคีมเหล็กร้อน, ...
Turkish:iç sıkıntısı, kerpetenle işkence, ...
Vietnamese:nỗi dằn vặt, tra tấn bằng kìm nung nóng, ...

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