tortured
adjective/ˈtɔːtʃəd/
/ˈtɔːrtʃərd/
[only before noun]- suffering severely; involving a lot of pain and difficulty
- a tortured mind
- She fell into a tortured sleep.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryTortured is used with these nouns:- mind
- soul
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