adj
Meaning 1
Having been subjected to torture, mental or physical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tortured
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚd/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːt͡ʃəd/
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adj
Meaning 2
Involving suffering and difficulty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a tortured history
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of literature, burdened by unnecessary complexity, obfuscation, abstruseness, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- tortured prose
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
simple past and past participle of torture
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an anguished conscience
- a small tormented schoolboy
- a tortured witness to another's humiliation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anguished, tormented
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: torturita — having been subjected to torture
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