tortured
/ˈtɔːrtʃərd/
adjective
- Experiencing or showing severe physical or mental pain.
- The rescued hostages had a tortured appearance.
- He gave a tortured cry as he fell.
- The tortured look on her face showed how much she was suffering.
- Involving great difficulty or effort; strained or unnatural.
- Her tortured grammar made the essay hard to understand.
- The movie had a tortured plot that no one could follow.
- The writer used tortured logic to defend his argument.
verb
- Past tense and past participle of torture.
- They tortured the suspect until he confessed.
- She was tortured by nightmares for years.
- The guards tortured the prisoners for information.