Synonyms: tormented, tortured, anguished
Definition: experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
Usage: an anguished conscience; a small tormented schoolboy; a tortured witness to another's humiliation
Similar words: sorrowful
Definition: experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
Usage: sorrowful widows; a sorrowful tale of death and despair; sorrowful news; even in laughter the heart is sorrowful- Proverbs 14:13
Synonyms: tormented, hag-ridden, hagridden
Definition: tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears
Usage: hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth- C.S.Lewis
Similar words: troubled
Definition: characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
Usage: troubled areas; fell into a troubled sleep; a troubled expression; troubled teenagers