Topple, v. n. Fall (top foremost), tumble down, topple over, topple down, tumble over.
Top-shaped, a. (Bot.) Cone-shaped, turbinate, inversely conical.
Topsy-turvy, ad. Upside down, bottom upward, the wrong side up, top side t’ other way, keel upward.
Torch, n. Flambeau, blazing brand, link.
Torment, n. Anguish, agony, torture, rack, pang, extreme pain, excruciating pain, acute distress.
Torment, v. a.
- 1. Torture, distress, agonize, rack, excruciate, pain extremely, put to the rack, put to torture, harass with
anguish.
- 2. Pain, distress, afflict.
- 3. Tease, vex, plague, harass, worry, harry, badger, fret, irritate, nettle, provoke, tantalize, trouble, annoy.
Tormentor, n. Torturer.
Tormina, n. pl. Gripes, colicky pains.
Torminous, a. Griping, colicky.
Tornado, n. Storm (of great violence and with a whirling motion), hurricane, whirlwind, tempest, cyclone, blizzard.
Torose, a. (Bot.) Knobby, torous.
Torous, a. See Torose.
Torpedinous, a. Stupefying, torporific, dull, torpid, benumbing.
Torpedo, n.
- 1. Cramp-fish, electric ray (Torpedo vulgaris).
- 2. Explosive engine for blowing up ships.
Torpescence, n. Torpidness, numbness, insensibility, stupidity, torpidity.
Torpid, a.
- 1. Numb, benumbed, motionless, lethargic.
- 2. Sluggish, inert, dull, inactive, indolent, stupid.