torturedadj.
/ˈtɔːtʃəd/, /ˈtɔːtjʊəd/, U.S. /ˈtɔrtʃərd/ Subjected or put to torture (literal and figurative); tormented; wrested, etc.: see the verb.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > [adjective]
corruptc1386
racked1546
detorted?1550
wrested1551
writhen1551
writhed1562
forced1583
tortured1603
strained1609
distorted1641
violented1641
crook1647
extorted1652
refracted1655
madly wrested1656
wry1663
corrupted1699
non-natural1844
society > authority > punishment > torture > [adjective] > tortured
tort1513
tormented1552
tortured1603
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [adjective]
tortured1603
deep-fetched1604
deep-drawn1813
the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > of or relating to distortion > distorted
wrongwende?c1225
writhenc1475
thrawnc1494
tort1513
encrampised1523
wry1552
thraw?1553
contort1570
wried1576
writhed1578
turned1585
distort1588
tortured1603
wrested1609
contorted1622
distorted1635
twisted1830
wreathed1844
gnarled1851
squinched1899
contortioned1922
pretzelled1938
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adjective] > sea-lashed
sea-beat1579
flood-beatc1602
sea-washed1764
sea-beaten1793
tortured1815
1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars iv. xxxix. 89 Eu'ry cadence as a tortured cry.
1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther ii. 39 The tortur'd Text.
1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes (new ed.) I. ii. xiii. 44 Charm'd by the melodious Strain The tortur'd Ghosts forget their Pain.
1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iv. xi. 143 Scarba's isle, whose tortured shore Still rings to Corrievreken's roar.
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila i. vi. 48 Thy father filled his treasuries from the gold of many a tortured Hebrew.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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