Synonyms for tormented
tor·ment·ed

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1. anguished, tormented, torturedadjective

   experiencing intense pain especially mental pain

   "an anguished conscience"; "a small tormented schoolboy"; "a tortured witness to another's humiliation"

   Synonyms:
   tortured, anguished, hagridden, hag-ridden

   Antonyms:
   untroubled, joyful

2. hag-ridden, hagridden, tormentedadjective

   tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears

   "hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth"- C.S.Lewis

   Synonyms:
   hagridden, anguished, hag-ridden, tortured

   Antonyms:
   untroubled, joyful

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1. List of paraphrases for "tormented":

   plagued, long-suffering, tortured, troubled, haunted, stormy

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1. George Santayana:

   The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is shot through with beauty, with love, with glints of courage and laughter; and in these, the spirit blooms timidly, and struggles to the light amid the thorns.

2. Joseph Addison:

   To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.

3. Gabriela Tagliavini:

   There was a message in the story and why the rape needed to be there… but maybe the scene could have been left out, as tormented as the male character was.

4. Fyodor Dostoevsky, "The Brothers Karamazov":

   Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that great gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born.

5. Ron Johnson:

   This would have been far better off if we would've just taken care of this behind the scenes, this never would've been exposed, that funding would've been restored and our relationship with Ukraine would've been far better off than it is today... I'm sympathetic with President Trump as he's been tormented( since) the day after the election.