The Clue
"___ with history" (like the Mississippi, to Hart Crane) (8 letter answer)
The Answer
TORTURED
Tags
Notes
The answer TORTURED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Twisted, as meanings
Taking great pains
Stretched much too far, as language
Definition
TORTURE as a verb:
1. (torment, torture, excruciate, rack) = torment emotionally or mentally
2. (torture, excruciate, torment) = subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
TORTURED as an adjective:
1. subjected to intense pain; "hundreds of tortured prisoners"
2. (anguished, tormented, tortured) = experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; "an anguished conscience"; "a small tormented schoolboy"; "a tortured witness to another's humiliation"