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tormented

2 definitions • 3 examples
1
past simple and past participle of
2
to cause a person or animal to suffer or worry:

Examples:

The animals are tormented mercilessly by flies and mosquitoes.
be tormented by/with The camera focused on a group of women whose faces were tormented by/with (= showed that they were suffering) grief.
It tormented me all day - had I said the wrong thing and hurt her feelings?

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