Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tormented"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Torment \Tor*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tormented}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {tormenting}.] [OF. tormenter, F. tourmenter.]
1. To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating
misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture. `` Art
thou come hither to torment us before our time? '' --Matt.
viii. 29.
2. To pain; to distress; to afflict.
Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy,
grievously tormented. --Matt. viii.
6.
3. To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with
importunities, or with petty annoyances. [Colloq.]
4. To put into great agitation. [R.] ``[They], soaring on
main wing, tormented all the air.'' --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tormented
adj 1: experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; "an
anguished conscience"; "a small tormented schoolboy";
"a tortured witness to another's humiliation" [syn: {anguished},
{tortured}]
2: tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears;
"hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon
earth"- C.S.Lewis [syn: {hag-ridden}, {hagridden}]
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