tormented

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adjective

Miserable or anguished, especially with anxiety or guilt.

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anxioustorturedagonised/agonizedfeyill-fatedhellboundreprobateaccursed
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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of torment
adjectivetormented (comparative more tormented, superlative most tormented)

comparative more tormented · superlative most tormented

  1. Miserable or anguished, especially with anxiety or guilt.

    Synonyms: anxious, tortured, agonised/agonized, tortured

  2. UScolloquialDamned; accursed.

    Synonyms: fey, ill-fated, hellbound, reprobate, accursed, condemned, cursed, star-crossed

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveMiserable or anguished, especially with anxiety or guilt.

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anxioustorturedagonised/agonizedtortured

adjectiveDamned; accursed.

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feyill-fatedhellboundreprobateaccursedcondemnedcursedstar-crossedsunkcusseddamneddead meatdoomeddonefeyfinishedill-fatedlostsentencedundone

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveexperiencing intense pain especially mental pain

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anguishedtorturedsorrowful

adjectivetormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears

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hag-riddenhagriddentroubled
Also see
achesomeachingachyagonisedanguishedbereaveddeityforsakendeuceddistraughtdistressedever-damnedgoddamnedgodforsakenhagriddenhellboundhurthurtypainedpainfilledpainfulreprobatesmartfulsmartingsoresorrowfulsufferingtortured

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

“tormented.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tormented. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tormented,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tormented.

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