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tortured.

Having been subjected to torture, mental or physical.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚd/General-American/ˈtɔːt͡ʃəd/Received-Pronunciation
  1. Having been subjected to torture, mental or physical.

  2. Involving suffering and difficulty.

    a tortured history
  3. Of literature, burdened by unnecessary complexity, obfuscation, abstruseness, etc.

    tortured prose
verb/ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚd/General-American/ˈtɔːt͡ʃəd/Received-Pronunciation
  1. simple past and past participle of torture

    form-of · participle · past
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