# tortured

Pronunciation: US say "TOR-churd" /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚd/; UK say "TAW-chuhd" /ˈtɔːt͡ʃəd/

## Adjective

1. Having been subjected to deliberate physical or mental pain inflicted by another.
   - Simple: Hurt very badly on purpose, in body or mind, by another person.
   - _The tortured detainees bore scars from months of abuse._
   - _Investigators interviewed the tortured hostages about their captivity._
3. Involving or marked by suffering and difficulty.
   - Simple: Full of suffering, struggle, and hard times.
   - _Their tortured relationship finally ended after years of arguments._
   - _The negotiations followed a long, tortured path to a final agreement._
4. Of writing, burdened by needless complexity and made obscure or hard to follow.
   - Simple: Describes writing that is so overly complicated it is hard to read.
   - _Reviewers criticized the novel's tortured prose and tangled metaphors._
   - _The report's tortured phrasing buried its findings under needless jargon._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of torture. — simple past and past participle of torture
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of torture. Use this form when the hurting already happened.
   - _The regime tortured dissidents in secret prisons._
   - _Many prisoners were tortured before any trial took place._

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