Also means
troubled, anguished
Usage Note
Tormentato functions both as an adjective ('a tormented soul') and as the past participle of tormentare ('to torment'). When used predicatively with essere it describes a lasting state; note that it agrees in gender and number (tormentata, tormentati, tormentate). The word often implies prolonged internal suffering or a difficult, turbulent situation (una storia tormentata, a troubled history).
Examples
"Era un artista tormentato dai dubbi."
Natural Translation
He was an artist tormented by doubts.
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