tormented
verb (past tense and past participle of 'torment'): to cause to suffer intense pain or distress as in strong fondness
Word Combinations
Example:He was tormented by guilt over his role in the accident.
Definition:filled with or caused by feelings of extreme remorse or anguish over a perceived fault or wrong
Example:She was tormented by insomnia, unable to find relief in sleep.
Definition:somnolence or a deficient or abnormal shortage of sleep
Example:His mind was tormented with dark thoughts about his future.
Definition:occurring in the mind as ideas or images not necessarily based on experience or reality
Example:They tormented their victims, choking the life out of their enemies.
Definition:the object of or someone who suffers harm or injury at the hands of another
Example:He tormented her with constant sentimental poetry, hoping to gain her affection.
Definition:a feeling of sweetest tenderness for someone
Example:The heat tormented him, making him sweat profusely.
Definition:causing discomfort or annoyance, especially through one's own faults or shortcomings
Example:Her nagging constantly tormented her husband, driving him to distraction.
Definition:to urge or press persistently or continuously
Example:Feeling tormented due to lack of sleep, she decided to take a nap.
Definition:deprived of or having experienced a shortage of something
Example:Tormented by hunger, he rummaged through the kitchen for food.
Definition:feeling extremely hungry and restless
Example:He was tormented by fear of the dark, avoiding the closet in his bedroom.
Definition:filled with or caused by the experience or threat of a terrible or painful event, idea, or fact
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