tortured

Definition of Tortured 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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tortured

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verb (transitive)

1.

to cause extreme physical pain to, esp in order to extract information, break resistance, etc

to torture prisoners

2.

to give mental anguish to

3.

to twist into a grotesque form

noun

4.

physical or mental anguish

5.

the practice of torturing a person

6.

a cause of mental agony or worry

Tortured

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noun

1.

the inflicting of severe pain to force information or confession, get revenge, etc.

2.

any method by which such pain is inflicted

3.

any severe physical or mental pain; agony; anguish

4.

a cause of such pain or agony

5. Rare

a violent twisting, distortion, perversion, etc.

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈtortured or ˈtorturing

6.

to subject to torture

7.

to cause extreme physical or mental pain to; agonize

8.

to twist or distort (meaning, language, etc.)

Tortured

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n.

1. Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.

2. Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony: the torture suffered by inmates in the camp.

3. An experience or cause of severe pain or anguish: "Just to watch them handling thick woolen winter coats in that heat was, for me, a torture" (Arthur Miller).

tr.v. tor·tured, tor·tur·ing, tor·tures

1. To subject (a person or animal) to torture.

2. To bring great physical or mental pain upon (another). See Synonyms at afflict.

3. To overwork, misinterpret, or distort: torture a metaphor throughout an essay; torture a rule to make it fit a case.

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