'tortured' definitions:
Definition of 'tortured'
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Definition of 'tortured'
From: GCIDE
- torture \tor"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. tortured (t[^o]r"t[-u]rd; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. tTorturing.] [Cf. F. Torturer. ]
- 1. To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort. --Jar. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To keep on the stretch, as a bow. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The bow tortureth the string. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tortured'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affected,
- afflicted,
- agonized,
- biased,
- clawed,
- convulsed,
- cooked,
- crucified,
- devoured by,
- distressed,
- doctored,
- garbled,
- harrowed,
- hurt,
- hurting,
- imbued with,
- impressed,
- impressed with,
- in distress,
- in pain,
- lacerated,
- lancinated,
- martyred,
- martyrized,
- misquoted,
- misrepresented,
- moved,
- obsessed,
- obsessed by,
- on the rack,
- pained,
- penetrated with,
- perverted,
- racked,
- ripped,
- savaged,
- seized with,
- slanted,
- strained,
- stricken,
- suffering,
- tormented,
- torn,
- touched,
- twisted,
- under the harrow,
- wounded,
- wracked,
- wrung