tortured
- adjective
- /ˈtɔːrtʃərd/
- Offensive
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atormentado
- He often lay awake at night, tortured by thoughts of the mistakes he had made.
So like the Bronte sisters, I really enjoyed that kind of tortured read.
- So like the Bronte sisters, I really enjoyed that kind of tortured read.
- But but there was this one actor who was playing this like tortured angry person.
- I can't, I can't, you know, I, I, I have such a tortured relationship with tennis.
- He could not make this complete leap and that was the tortured state that he was living in.
- And he's sort of he's tortured by the idea of having done the wrong thing.
- So they're tortured by that decision too.
Examples
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Ivan, on the other hand, is this very dynamic, somewhat tortured soul.
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I can't, I can't, you know, I, I, I have such a tortured relationship with tennis.
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But but there was this one actor who was playing this like tortured angry person.
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Or I mean, Susan is tortured, I have to say.
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So if the two of us are tortured, odds are I'm going to break.
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He could not make this complete leap and that was the tortured state that he was living in.
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And he's sort of he's tortured by the idea of having done the wrong thing.
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After losing his job, he felt tortured by feelings of inadequacy and hopelessness.
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The artist expressed her tortured emotions through her powerful paintings.
Synonyms
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7.0
Feeling very upset and in deep emotional pain
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7.7
Very upset and shocked after seeing or experiencing something terrible
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4.9
Hurt or not cared for by other people
Feeling very strong pain in the mind or body
Feeling very strong pain or deep worry
Hurt or abused by other people
Treated cruelly or unfairly by other people
Antonyms
How Distressed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tortured comes from the Latin root torquere meaning 'to twist', and it is the same root behind torture. So to be tortured is like being 'twisted' by strong physical or emotional pain, which is why we use it for deep distress.