tormented Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb torment emotionally or mentally
   torment; excruciate; torture; rack.
   
2. verb treat cruelly
   bedevil; rag; crucify; dun; frustrate; torment.
   
   • The children tormented the stuttering teacher
3. verb subject to torture
   torment; excruciate; torture.
   
   • The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible
4. adjective satellite experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
   anguished; tortured.
   
   • an anguished conscience
   • a small tormented schoolboy
   • a tortured witness to another's humiliation
5. adjective satellite tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears
   hagridden; hag-ridden.
   
   • hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth"- C.S.Lewis

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