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I was never tortured over whether I wanted to become an actor. There was never another option in my mind.
Stephanie Courtney

Meaning of "tortured" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TORTURED

tortured  [ˈtɔːtʃəd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TORTURED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tortured is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TORTURED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tortured

Torture

Torture is the act of deliberately inflicting severe physical or psychological pain and possibly injury to a person, usually to one who is physically restrained or otherwise under the torturer's control or custody and unable to defend against what is being done to them. Torture has been carried out or sanctioned by individuals, groups and states throughout history from ancient times to modern day, and forms of torture can vary greatly in duration from only a few minutes to several days or even longer. Reasons for torture can include punishment, revenge, political re-education, deterrence, interrogation or coercion of the victim or a third party, or simply the sadistic gratification of those carrying out or observing the torture. The torturer may or may not intend to kill or injure the victim, but sometimes torture is deliberately fatal and can precede a murder or serve as a cruel form of capital punishment. In other cases, the torturer may be indifferent to the condition of the victim. Alternatively, some forms of torture are designed to inflict psychological pain or leave as little physical injury or evidence as possible while achieving the same psychological devastation.

Definition of tortured in the English dictionary

The first definition of tortured in the dictionary is characterized by mental anguish; tormented. Other definition of tortured is twisted into a grotesque form; violently distorted. Tortured is also subjected to extreme physical pain, esp in order to extract information, break resistance, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TORTURED


apertured
ˈæpətʃəd
cultured
ˈkʌltʃəd
fractured
ˈfræktʃəd
full-featured
ˈfʊlˌfiːtʃəd
fully-featured
ˌfʊlɪˈfiːtʃəd
orchard
ˈɔːtʃəd
pilchard
ˈpɪltʃəd
pochard
ˈpəʊtʃəd
Richard
ˈrɪtʃəd
sculptured
ˈskʌlptʃəd
sharp-featured
ˈʃɑːpˌfiːtʃəd
structured
ˈstrʌktʃəd
sweet-natured
ˌswiːtˈneɪtʃəd
textured
ˈtekstʃəd
uncultured
ʌnˈkʌltʃəd
unfeatured
ʌnˈfiːtʃəd
unmanufactured
ˌʌnmænjʊˈfæktʃəd
unnurtured
ʌnˈnɜːtʃəd
unstructured
ʌnˈstrʌktʃəd
untortured
ʌnˈtɔːtʃəd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TORTURED

tortricid
tortrix
torts lawyer
Tortuga
tortuosities
tortuosity
tortuous
tortuously
tortuousness
torture
torture chamber
torture flight
torture porn
torturedly
torturer
torturesome
torturing
torturingly
torturous
torturously

WORDS THAT END LIKE TORTURED

assured
coloured
debentured
enstructured
featured
figured
good-natured
honoured
ill-natured
injured
literatured
measured
nonstructured
overstructured
strictured
unconjectured
unmatured
unpastured
unsculptured
untinctured

Synonyms and antonyms of tortured in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TORTURED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «tortured» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of tortured

Translation of «tortured» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TORTURED

Find out the translation of tortured to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tortured from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tortured» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

折磨
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

torturado
570 millions of speakers

English

tortured
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अत्याचार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تعذيب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пыткам
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

torturados
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নির্যাতন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

torturé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Diseksa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gefoltert
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

拷問
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고문
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tortured
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tra tấn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சித்திரவதை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

छळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

işkence
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

torturato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

torturowany
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тортурам
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

torturat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βασανιστήρια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gemartel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

torterade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

torturert
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tortured

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TORTURED»

The term «tortured» is very widely used and occupies the 20.631 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TORTURED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tortured» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tortured» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tortured

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10 QUOTES WITH «TORTURED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tortured.
1
Odette Annable
When you're bullied in high school, even if it's the smallest amount, or you're actually tortured, I feel like everybody carries that with them. They always think of that one person who treated them badly in high school.
2
Iain Banks
Torture is such a slippery slope; as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons.
3
Peter Baynham
In 2001, my father finally succumbed to the bone cancer that had tortured him for seven years. His last weeks were a terrible, black icing on the cake, the agony, the slow twisting, thinning and snapping of his skeleton. Everything fell apart.
4
Peter Benenson
The candle burns not for us, but for all those whom we failed to rescue from prison, who were shot on the way to prison, who were tortured, who were kidnapped, who 'disappeared'. That's what the candle is for.
5
Peter Benenson
Open your newspaper - any day of the week - and you will find a report from somewhere in the world of someone being imprisoned, tortured or executed because his opinions or religion are unacceptable to his government.
6
Scott Caan
I want to get married, but I'm always tortured in relationships.
7
Stephanie Courtney
I was never tortured over whether I wanted to become an actor. There was never another option in my mind.
8
Richard Dawkins
It's a horrible idea that God, this paragon of wisdom and knowledge, power, couldn't think of a better way to forgive us our sins than to come down to Earth in his alter ego as his son and have himself hideously tortured and executed so that he could forgive himself.
9
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death.
10
Kim Elizabeth
My imagination completely controls me, and forever feeds the fire that burns with dark red light in my heart by bringing me the best dreams. I've always had a wild imagination, a big heart and a tortured soul so I feel that dark fantasy, love and horror are in my blood.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TORTURED»

Discover the use of tortured in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tortured and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tortured: When Good Soldiers Do Bad Things
Throughout the book, Sharrock maintains a balance between empathy and tough reporting as she examines the anguish and denial of men who participated in what can only be described as acts of evil but who do not believe themselves to be evil. ...
Justine Sharrock, 2010
2
Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in ...
His study is based on an extensive body of material, including Amnesty International reports, prison literature, and victims' accounts that together give the book a chilling immediacy.
Ervand Abrahamian, 1999
3
Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and ...
As much an appreciation of artistic genius as an accessible study of the creative psyche, Tortured Artists illustrates the fact that inner turmoil fuels the finest work.
Christopher Zara, 2012
4
Tortured Subjects: Pain, Truth, and the Body in Early Modern ...
In Tortured Subjects, Lisa Silverman tells the haunting story of how this idea became a fixed part of the French legal system during the early modern period.
Lisa Silverman, 2010
5
Tortured: A bridge story between Birthmarked and Prized
"But what about Leon?" Now, in this new story that bridges the gap between Birthmarked and Prized, Caragh M. O'Brien answers her readers' most common question with a tale of suffering and determination from Leon's perspective. Be warned.
Caragh M. O'Brien, 2011
6
Tortured Logic: A Verbatim Critique of the George W. Bush ...
Hoisted by their own petards
Joseph Russomanno, 2011
7
... ... . . of Tortured Faustian Slumbers
Following the disintegration of his marriage, Seth Caine, a once famous and infamous author, immerses himself in alcohol and aff airs to mask his pain.
C. William Giles, 2012
8
Tortured Soul Part 1: A Female Aspies Story
She is 20 years old. She was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome aged 16. She comes from Burbage in Leicestershire. She currently lives in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. In the book she talks about her childhood.
Emma Thomson, 2010
9
Tortured Wonders: Christian Spirituality for People, Not Angels
Explores Christian spirituality with intelligence and flair, addressing sacraments, sex, death, and the role of the body in prayer.
Rodney Clapp, 2006
10
The Tortured Smile
But Kelly would soon learn that her only escape from her torture is by death. This is the true story, based on actual events, of a child's struggle to cope with the pain and confusion of physical and sexual abuse.
Jeffrey Armstrong, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TORTURED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tortured is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tortured Hyderabad Teen to Stay at KCR's Home Under his Care
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad teenager, who had been abused and tortured, allegedly by her stepmother, said she has accepted Telangana Chief Minister K ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
2
Girl Tortured by Father, Stepmother Rescued in Hyderabad
Pratyusha a resident of L B Nagar was tortured by her step mother and was rescued Balala Hakkula Sangham with the help of local police on Wednesday in ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
3
Pakistan hangs man allegedly tortured into confessing to murder at …
Pakistan has executed a man who was 15 when he was sentenced to death for murder and whose lawyers say was tortured into confessing, in a case that has ... «ABC Online, Jun 15»
4
Motaz Zaid kidnapped and tortured after 'accidentally scratching …
A student remains under police guard in hospital after being kidnapped, tortured with pliers and forced to drink bleach by masked men in an apparent revenge ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
5
Andrew Marr claims Jeremy Paxman is 'tortured and angry'
'The thing about Jeremy is that he is a genuinely tortured, angry individual – and you get the real Jeremy,' Mr Marr said. 'He looks disdainful and contemptuous ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
6
Andre Agassi backs 'tortured perfectionist' Andy Murray to win grand …
Eight-time grand slam champion Andre Agassi believes Andy Murray must find a way to keep his cool on the court, insisting Great Britain's No 1 is a “tortured ... «The National, Feb 15»
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Third Of Afghan Detainees Say They Were Tortured Or Mistreated …
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — More than one in three Afghans detained on conflict-related allegations say they were tortured or mistreated, according to a U.N. ... «Huffington Post, Feb 15»
8
Man abducted and tortured in Bundaberg
A man is in a serious condition in hospital with head and face injuries and burns after he was allegedly abducted and tortured in Bundaberg over what police ... «Brisbane Times, Feb 15»
9
Lauren Kavanaugh of Texas was 'raped, tortured and forced to live …
Lauren Kavanaugh, from Texas, lived in a 4ft x 9ft closet from three to eight years old, only brought out to be tortured. She was rescued by police in 2001 and ... «Daily Mail, Jan 15»
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Three men charged with murder and torture of Gold Coast man …
"We will allege that up at Cooloola Cove he was further assaulted, tortured and in particular was held in an esky for a lengthy period of time before he was killed, ... «ABC Online, Oct 14»

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