Lexic.us

Definition of Tormented

1. Adjective. Experiencing intense pain especially mental pain. "A tortured witness to another's humiliation"

2. Adjective. Tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears. "Hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth"

Definition of Tormented

1. Verb. (past of torment) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tormented

1. torment [v] - See also: torment

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tormented

toric lens torics tories torii torikumi torikumi-hyo torilto torinaoshi torit torive

torlike torma tormas torment tormenta tormented tormentedly tormenter tormenters tormentful

tormentil tormentils tormenting tormentingly tormentise tormentor tormentors tormentour tormentours tormentress

Literary usage of Tormented

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Book of Revelation by Albert Barnes (1852)
"5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five friends of God. It may here refer, however, ..."

2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1826)
"In this calm retreat, and in their helpless condition, Nicephorus and his brothers were tormented by the thirst of power, and tempted by a ..."

3. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"Let them stay then where they are, and tormented by their well-deserved misery, and the frowns of the just men they have too long mocked at, let them still ..."

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