"tortured" meaning in English

See tortured in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚd/ [General-American], /ˈtɔːt͡ʃəd/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more tortured [comparative], most tortured [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} tortured (comparative more tortured, superlative most tortured)
  1. Having been subjected to torture, mental or physical.
    Sense id: en-tortured-en-adj-SrqkUYQ9
  2. Involving suffering and difficulty.
    Sense id: en-tortured-en-adj-P2E-NhfW
  3. Of literature, burdened by unnecessary complexity, obfuscation, abstruseness, etc.
    Sense id: en-tortured-en-adj-0owxoW~j

Verb

IPA: /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚd/ [General-American], /ˈtɔːt͡ʃəd/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} tortured
  1. simple past and past participle of torture Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: torture
    Sense id: en-tortured-en-verb-2pGtrv1e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 19 17 48

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