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Definition of tormented in English: tormentedadjectivetɔːˈmɛntɪd Experiencing or characterized by severe physical or mental suffering. Example sentencesExamples - The experts explain her behavior as due to her tormented abusive past.
- She is caught in a loop, doomed to repeat her lonely, tormented existence day after day.
- We learn of his tormented childhood.
- Her gentle touch soothes his tormented soul.
- Every day he wakes up to an increasingly tormented family.
Derivatives adverbtɔːˈmɛntɪdli After the war, they slowly and tormentedly realised their mistake. Example sentencesExamples - He seemed to be tormentedly and wholly preoccupied with his own thoughts.
- We tormentedly desire the same thing.
Definition of tormented in US English: tormentedadjective Experiencing or characterized by severe physical or mental suffering. Example sentencesExamples - The experts explain her behavior as due to her tormented abusive past.
- Her gentle touch soothes his tormented soul.
- She is caught in a loop, doomed to repeat her lonely, tormented existence day after day.
- We learn of his tormented childhood.
- Every day he wakes up to an increasingly tormented family.
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