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semitortured en · ADJ

Etymology

From semi- + tortured.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Somewhat tortured.
    • And thus began what is by far the most horrendous chain of events in my young, semitortured life. 2010, Megan McCafferty, The Complete Jessica Darling Series, →ISBN:
    • One of the cleverest--and most instructive for the uninitiated--bits is from a fictitious play called Shut Up and Listen, a play in which nobody talks but the semitortured artist character that Nutter wrote for himself. 1988 September 16, Diana Spinrad, “Oh My . . . Nuts! A Musical Tribute to the Late Great Mark Nutter”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2016:
    • Was that really her making that low, hungry, almost semitortured sound deep down in her throat? 2012, Penny Jordan, A Little Revenge: The Mistress Assignment\Lover by Deception, →ISBN: