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Synonyms for tormented

  • adjective

Most common

troubled tortured anguished agonized ill-fated hellbound hurt suffering

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Tortured — miserable or anguished, especially with anxiety or guilt

tortured, troubled, anguished, agonized, agonised UK, pained, distraught, distressed, anxious

2. Reprobate — damned; accursed

ill-fated, hellbound, reprobate rare, fey formal dated

Other

suffering, hurt, hag-ridden

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Miserable or anguished, especially with anxiety or guilt.

  2. adj. 2

    Damned; accursed.

Example sentences

  • troubled I have no intention of fishing in troubled waters.
  • tortured The legionnaires savagely tortured Yanni's mother.
  • agonized Sami agonized daily over killing his brother.

Popularity over time

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Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
fey1
4 letters
hurt1
6 letters
pained1
7 letters
anxious2
8 letters
troubled2, tortured2, agonized3, agonised
9 letters
suffering3, anguished2, reprobate3, hellbound
10 letters
distressed2, distraught2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (anxious2 = 2 syllables).