tormented meaning and definition

TORMENTED adjective

Definition of tormented (adjective)

1. experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
   • "an anguished conscience"; "a small tormented schoolboy"; "a tortured witness to another's humiliation"
   • synonyms: 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
   • synonyms: hagridden, hag-ridden