Definitions for tormented



Overview of verb torment

The verb torment has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) torment, torture, excruciate, rack

(torment emotionally or mentally)

2. torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate

(treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher")

3. torture, excruciate, torment

(subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible")


Overview of adj tormented

The adj tormented has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) anguished, tormented, tortured

(experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; "an anguished conscience"; "a small tormented schoolboy"; "a tortured witness to another's humiliation")

2. hag-ridden, hagridden, tormented

(tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears; "hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth"- C.S.Lewis)

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