tormented

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tormented

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of torment

adjective more tormented · most tormented

Miserable or anguished, especially with anxiety or guilt.
Similar: anxious, tortured, agonised/agonized, tormented
US, colloquial Damned; accursed.
Similar: fey, ill-fated, hellbound, reprobate, accursed, condemned, cursed, star-crossed, sunk, cussed, damned, dead meat

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Closest in meaning: anguished, hagridden, tortured, troubled, sorrowful, hag-ridden, afflicted, stricken, plagued, worried, rugged, turbulent, long-suffering, consumed, haunted, eaten

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@misc{tormented_2026,
  title = {tormented},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tormented},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}