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Synonyms for tormented
verb be or make very upset- afflict
- annoy
- bedevil
- bother
- harass
- hound
- hurt
- irritate
- mistreat
- molest
- nag
- pester
- plague
- smite
- tease
- torture
- vex
- abuse
- agonize
- bait
- bone
- break
- crucify
- devil
- distress
- excruciate
- harrow
- harry
- heckle
- pain
- persecute
- provoke
- punish
- rack
- trouble
- try
- worry
- wring
- drive bananas
- drive up the wall
- give a hard time
- play cat and mouse
- put through wringer
- rub salt in wound
Antonyms for tormented
- aid
- assist
- assuage
- calm
- delight
- help
- make happy
- please
- relieve
- soothe
- comfort
- commend
- compliment
- praise
- protect
- reward
- support
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
distressed
adjective. upset
- afflicted
- agitated
- all torn up
- antsy
- anxious
- basket case
- bothered
- bugged
- bummed out
- bundle of nerves
- concerned
- cut up
- discombobulated
- disconsolate
- distracted
- distrait
- distraught
- dragged
- exercised
- fidgety
- harassed
- hyper
- in a stew
- in a tizzy
- inconsolable
- jittery
- jumpy
- miffed
- peeved
- perturbed
- ripped
- saddened
- shaky
- shook
- shook up
- shot down
- spooked
- strung out
- tormented
- troubled
- unconsolable
- unglued
- up the wall
- uptight
- wired
- worried
- wrecked
- wretched
miserable
adjective. unhappy, depressed
- afflicted
- agonized
- ailing
- anguished
- brokenhearted
- crestfallen
- dejected
- desolate
- despairing
- despondent
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- discontented
- distressed
- doleful
- dolorous
- down
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- forlorn
- gloomy
- heartbroken
- hopeless
- hurt
- hurting
- ill
- in pain
- injured
- melancholy
- mournful
- on a downer
- pained
- pathetic
- pitiable
- racked
- rueful
- ruthful
- sad
- sick
- sickly
- sorrowful
- strained
- suffering
- tormented
- tortured
- tragic
- troubled
- woebegone
- wounded
- wretched
more worried
adjective. anxious, troubled
obsessed
adjective. consumed, driven about belief, desire
- bedeviled
- beset
- bewitched
- captivated
- controlled
- dogged
- dominated
- eat sleep and breathe
- engrossed
- fiendish
- fixated
- gripped
- harassed
- haunted
- have on the brain
- held
- hooked
- hung up on
- immersed in
- infatuated
- into
- overpowered
- plagued
- possessed
- preoccupied
- prepossessed
- really into
- seized
- taken over
- tied up
- tormented
- troubled
- turned on
- up to here in
- wound up with
- wrapped up in
oppressed
adjective. downtrodden
- a slave to
- abject
- abused
- at one's feet
- at one's mercy
- burdened
- destitute
- distressed
- enslaved
- exploited
- have-not
- helpless
- maltreated
- mistreated
- persecuted
- subservient
- suppressed
- tormented
- tyrannized
- under one's thumb
- underfoot
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.