tortured

[US]/'tɔrtʃɚd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. körperlichem oder psychischem Leiden ausgesetzt; extreme Schmerzen oder Qualen erlebend
Word Forms
Präteritumtortured
Partizip Perfekttortured

Phrases & Collocations

mentally tortured

geistig gefoltert

physically tortured

körperlich gefoltert

Example Sentences

he was tortured by grief.

Er wurde von Trauer gequält.

tortured by painful emotions.

gequält von schmerzhaften Emotionen.

They tortured the man to make him confess his crime.

Sie folterten den Mann, um ihn zu zwingen, sein Verbrechen zu gestehen.

There were several problems which tortured the elderly man.

Es gab mehrere Probleme, die den älteren Mann plagten.

she saw the insults as emanations of his own tortured personality.

Sie sah die Beleidigungen als Emanationen seiner eigenen gequälten Persönlichkeit.

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