TORTURED
/หtษหtอกสษd/
9
Scrabble
10
WWF
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Definition
/หtษหtอกสษd/
verb
- To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).“In the aftermath of 9/11, we did some things that were wrong. We did a whole lot of things that were right, but, we tortured some folks. We did some things that were contrary to our values.”
adjective
- Having been subjected to torture, mental or physical.
- Involving suffering and difficulty.“a tortured history”
- Of literature, burdened by unnecessary complexity, obfuscation, abstruseness, etc.“tortured prose”
Source: Wiktionary
