An ordeal, terrible, especially malicious treatment imposed upon someone.
An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead.
The death on the Cross of Christ.
The military punishment of being tied to a fixed object, often with the limbs in a stretched position.
Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
A bodily ache or pain.
Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
poverty.