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tormented

  • past participle
    of torment.
    torment
    verb (used with object)
    to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain.
  • past tense form
    of torment.
    torment
    verb (used with object)
    to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain.
  • a word derived from torment.
    torment
    verb (used with object)
    to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain.

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Throughout “Said the Dead,” we strain to identify the tormented Reader, who appears early on at the door of the book’s anonymous narrator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Celtic's lack of depth in defence was exposed once again in the absence of the injured Cameron Carter-Vickers as Gianluca Prestianni and Duran tormented the visitors' back four.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

I think people assume that the guy who created “The Twilight Zone” and was this really creepy, ominous host must have been this very dark and tormented person.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

It’s been a bit of a bummer summer, especially on the men’s side, where injuries have tormented the field.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

“I give up,” shouted the tormented man and went off to his work in the pulp magazine house.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith