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10 Language-to-English Dictionariestourmenté
Pronunciation / Transliteration: toor.mɑ̃.te
"Il avait l'air tourmenté par ses souvenirs."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Experiencing severe mental or physical suffering, anguish, or pain.
"He had a tormented look on his face as he remembered the tragedy."
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Causing severe physical or mental suffering to someone.
"Memories of the accident tormented her for years."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old French 'tormenter', which traces back to the Latin 'tormentum' (a severe physical or mental suffering, originally meaning an engine of torture, derived from 'torquere', to twist). Over time, the term evolved from mechanical twisting devices to encompass profound emotional and psychological agony.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Tormented" is said worldwide
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tourmenté
Transliteration: toor.mɑ̃.te
"Il avait l'air tourmenté par ses souvenirs."
gequält
Transliteration: ɡəˈkvɛlt
"Er hatte einen gequälten Ausdruck im Gesicht."
tormentato
Transliteration: tor.menˈta.to
"Aveva un'espressione tormentata."
atormentado
Transliteration: a.tor.menˈta.ðo
"Tenía el rostro atormentado por la culpa."
atormentado
Transliteration: a.tor.mẽˈta.du
"Ele estava com uma expressão atormentada."
पीडित
Transliteration: peedit
"उसके चेहरे पर एक पीडित भाव था।"
受折磨的
Transliteration: shòu zhémó de
"他的脸上带着受折磨的表情。"
고통받는
Transliteration: gotong-batneun
"그는 고통받는 표정을 짓고 있었다."
苦悩する
Transliteration: kunō suru
"彼の顔には苦悩の表情が浮かんでいた。"
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