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Synonyms for tormented

The synonym for tormented recorded in this bank is anguished, in the sense "experiencing intense pain especially mental pain". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The synonym for tormented

anguishedadjective, in the sense "experiencing intense pain especially mental pain"

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The senseadjectiveTier 4, High Camp

experiencing intense pain especially mental pain

A small tormented schoolboy.

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The true synonym

anguished

Same sentence, swapped: A small anguished schoolboy.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

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Where tormented turns up in the game

tormented is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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