Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Tortured; agonized; distorted: occasionally used in the United States as a euphemism for damned: as, not a tormented cent.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of torment.

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  • adjective experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
  • adjective tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears

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Examples

  • Bradford, however, had a void in her life that she tried to fill with anything she could find, resulting in what she described as a tormented lifestyle.

    Biblical Recorder dcagle 2010

  • Broderick's Shaw engaged in tormented arguments with his conscience and several times had to over-ride it.

    Finding Amanda, losing Matthew Broderick 2008

  • Broderick's Shaw engaged in tormented arguments with his conscience and several times had to over-ride it.

    Lance Mannion: 2008

  • Jamal Mashburn again tormented his former team and fans, trading barbs with Tim Hardaway and Dan Majerle, sticking out his tongue at hecklers in the crowd and scoring 22 points.

    USATODAY.com - Hornets embarrass Heat again, take 2-0 lead 2001

  • Again tormented to the very end by the veteran Bucks, Orlando blew a 14-point lead in the final five minutes of regulation, but rode a heroic effort from Tracy McGrady in overtime for a 121-116 victory that was equal parts stunning and exhilarating for the sellout crowd at TD Waterhouse Centre.

    USATODAY.com - Magic sweat out overtime win to avoid sweep 2001

  • The word tormented them, and they are glad they are freed from it.

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

  • That sword tormented him beyond measure, brought him an intolerable horror of suffering in woman, the very thought of which scattered his pious submissiveness to the winds.

    La faute de l'Abbe Mouret ��mile Zola 1871

  • But they're not as well known as the tormented characters that I've done.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Dan Lybarger 2011

  • But that dilemma tormented another New York family whose wealthy mother was terminally ill in December.

    NY Post: News By SUSAN EDELMAN 2010

  • But that dilemma tormented another New York family whose wealthy mother was terminally ill in December.

    NY Post: News By SUSAN EDELMAN 2010

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