tormented

Definition of Tormented in English :

Adjective

experiencing intense pain especially mental pain

Example Sentences:
'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

Example Sentences:
'hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tormented

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verb (tɔːˈmɛnt ) (transitive)

1.

to afflict with great pain, suffering, or anguish; torture

2.

to tease or pester in an annoying way

stop tormenting the dog

noun (ˈtɔːmɛnt )

3.

physical or mental pain

4.

a source of pain, worry, annoyance, etc

5. archaic

an instrument of torture

6. archaic

the infliction of torture

Tormented

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noun

1. Obsolete

an instrument of torture or the torture inflicted

2.

great pain or anguish, physical or mental; suffering; agony

3.

a source of pain, anxiety, or annoyance

verb transitive

4. Rare

to torture

5.

to cause great physical pain or mental anguish in

6.

to annoy, harass, or tease

7. Obsolete

to stir up; agitate

Tormented

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n.

1. Great physical pain or mental anguish.

2. A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain.

3. The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.

tr.v. (tôr-mĕnt, tôrmĕnt′) tor·ment·ed, tor·ment·ing, tor·ments

1. To cause to undergo great physical pain or mental anguish. See Synonyms at afflict.

2. To annoy, pester, or harass: tormented by the children's pleas to be taken to the mall.

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