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TORMENTED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of torment 2. to cause a person or animal to suffer or worry: . Learn more.
torments [ plural ] great mental suffering and unhappiness: go through torments Nothing can describe the torments we went through while we were waiting for news. See more. [ C ] something or someone that causes great suffering or anger: torment to Writing reports was a monthly torment to him.
See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Choose the Right Synonym for torment. afflict, try, torment, torture, rack mean to inflict on a person something that is hard to bear. afflict is a general term and applies to the causing of pain or suffering or of acute annoyance, embarrassment, or any distress.
When you have a terrible decision to make, one that will end up hurting someone, you can say that you're tormented. If you're terribly worried about your grandfather's heart surgery, you might have a tormented expression on your face as you sit in the hospital waiting room.
verb [ T ] uk/tɔːˈment/us/tɔːrˈment/. to cause a person or animal to suffer or worry: The animals are tormented mercilessly by flies and mosquitoes. The camera focused on a group of women whose faces were tormented by/with(= showed that they were suffering) grief.
Synonyms for TORMENTED: tortured, frustrated, harassed, provoked, persecuted, plagued, harried, badgered; Antonyms of TORMENTED: satisfied, happy, pleased, content, calm, delighted, serene, placid.
T o torment is to afflict or harass as by incessant repetition of vexations or annoyances: to be tormented by doubts. T o rack is to affect with such pain as that suffered by one stretched on a rack; to concentrate with painful effort: to rack one's brains.
