单词 | tormented |
释义 | tormentedadj. 1. In senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > [adjective] anguishousc1325 wounded1390 cruciate?1504 agoniousa1513 tormented1552 rivena1560 anguished1570 wracked1581 spur-galled1608 excruciatea1615 over-grieved1618 wrung1730 smarting1754 excruciated1792 cardialgic1811 lacerated1849 society > authority > punishment > torture > [adjective] > tortured tort1513 tormented1552 tortured1603 the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > relating to agony or torment > suffering agony or torment forpainedc1400 agoniousa1513 tormented1552 on the rack1600 racked1900 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Tourmented, cruciatus, excruciatus. 1686 A. Horneck Crucified Jesus v. 72 A fiery serpent..a symbol of God's presence and power to heal the tormented Israelites. 1808 G. Edwards Plain Pract. Plan iii. 16 Evils, which our tormented imaginations apprehend. 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. vii. 167 More than once, large fragments..gave way before him, and thundered down into the tormented ocean. 2. U.S. slang. Used adjectivally and adverbially as a mild equivalent of damned adj., n., and adv.. ΚΠ 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 138 They hadn't come such a tormented long piece. 1867 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. (new ed.) Introd. p. xlvi Tormented: euphemism for damned, as, ‘not a tormented cent’. 1903 G. S. Wasson Cap'n Simeon's Store 86 It don't look right for nobody..to take and hang on to them tormented ole witch-bridles so-fashion! 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling xi. 119 ‘Look at him,’ she said. ‘Tormented Yankee. His feet drag like a 'gator's tail.’ Derivatives torˈmentedly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > [adverb] soreOE smartingly1566 afflictedly1621 troublesomely1625 sufferingly1860 tormentedly1891 painedly1904 the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > [adverb] agonizingly1775 agonizedly1798 woundedly1802 tormentedly1891 the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adverb] > anguish or torment sorelyc888 sorec1290 tormentingly1575 sensibly1613 torturingly?a1625 tormentously1669 agonizingly1775 excruciatingly1808 tormentedly1891 1891 Longman's Mag. Mar. 531 She was going to break out tormentedly, pleadingly: ‘For God's sake tell me!’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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