semitortured

English

Etymology

From semi- +‎ tortured.

Adjective

semitortured (not comparable)

1. Somewhat tortured.
   • 1988 September 16, Diana Spinrad, “Oh My . . . Nuts! A Musical Tribute to the Late Great Mark Nutter”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2010, Megan McCafferty, The Complete Jessica Darling Series‎^[2], →ISBN:

     And thus began what is by far the most horrendous chain of events in my young, semitortured life.

   • 2012, Penny Jordan, A Little Revenge: The Mistress Assignment\Lover by Deception‎^[3], →ISBN:

     Was that really her making that low, hungry, almost semitortured sound deep down in her throat?