Tortured
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚd/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Tortured is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of torture.
Meaning
simple past and past participle of torture.
More Meanings
- Having been subjected to torture, mental or physical.
- Involving suffering and difficulty.
- Of literature, burdened by unnecessary complexity, obfuscation, abstruseness, etc.
Example Sentences
tortured prose
a tortured history
Those who have escaped the dark and terrible aspects of life will find my brutality, my flash of rage in our final tragedy, easy enough to blame; for they know what is wrong as well as any, but not what is possible to tortured men. But those who have been under the shadow, who have gone down at last to elemental things, will have a wider charity.
Synonyms for tortured
Depending on context, synonyms include sorrowful, anguished, tormented, punished.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tormented, anguished, sorrowful, punished, afflicted, troubled.
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