Local English word record

tormented

adjective · 2 senses

experiencing intense pain especially mental pain

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Examples

  • an anguished conscience
  • a small tormented schoolboy
  • a tortured witness to another's humiliation

Word relationships

Synonyms

anguished, tortured

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