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tormented

tormented is the simple past and past participle of torment.

Adjective

tormented (comparative more tormented, superlative most tormented)

  1. Miserable or anguished, especially with anxiety or guilt.
    Synonyms:
    anxious, tortured, agonised/agonized
  2. (US, colloquial) Damned; accursed.

Meaning of torment

Verb

torment (third-person singular simple present torments, present participle tormenting, simple past and past participle tormented)

  1. (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
    • The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.

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Synonyms of tormented

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Forms of tormented

comparativemore tormented
superlativemost tormented

Words formed from tormented

Questions about tormented

What does tormented mean?
Tormented means miserable or anguished, especially with anxiety or guilt.
What is tormented the simple past and past participle of?
Tormented is the simple past and past participle of torment.
What part of speech is tormented?
Tormented is an adjective.

Words near tormented in the dictionary

  1. torment
  2. Torment Nexus
  3. tormenta
  4. tormentable
  5. tormentative
  6. tormented
  7. tormentedly
  8. tormenter
  9. tormenters
  10. tormentest
  11. tormenteth

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