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- Dictionarytor·ment·ed/ˈtôrmen(t)əd/
adjective
- 1. experiencing or characterized by severe physical or mental suffering: "he is a tormented genius"
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Torment can be a noun or a verb, meaning extreme pain or distress of body or mind, or to cause such suffering. See synonyms, examples, etymology, and related words for torment.
When you have a terrible decision to make, one that will end up hurting someone, you can say that you're tormented. If you're terribly worried about your grandfather's heart surgery, you might have a tormented expression on your face as you sit in the hospital waiting room.
Tormented is the past tense and past participle of torment, which means to cause a person or animal to suffer or worry. See how to use tormented in sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.
Tormented can be an adjective meaning as in tortured or a verb meaning to cause persistent suffering. Find 156 similar and opposite words for tormented, as well as examples and translations.
Torment is a noun or verb that means great mental or physical suffering, or something that causes such pain. Learn how to use torment in sentences, see related words and phrases, and find translations in different languages.
uk / tɔːˈment / us / tɔːrˈment /. to cause a person or animal to suffer or worry: The animals are tormented mercilessly by flies and mosquitoes. be tormented by/with The camera focused on a group of women whose faces were tormented by/with (= showed that they were suffering) grief.
To torment is to afflict or harass as by incessant repetition of vexations or annoyances: to be tormented by doubts. To rack is to affect with such pain as that suffered by one stretched on a rack; to concentrate with painful effort: to rack one's brains.
