Afraid and Tortured

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Afraid adjective - Filled with fear or dread.

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Tortured and afraid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tortured" instead an adjective "Afraid".

Tortured adjective - Experiencing intense pain especially mental pain.

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Afraid and tortured are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Afraid" instead an adjective "Tortured".

Nearby Words: torture, torturous, torturing, torturer

Johanna Mason in The Hunger Games is afraid of baths, because the capital tortured her by soaking her and shocking her electrically while they were holding her prisoner.

Source: Hates Baths
One of the Christians, Paul reveals the location of the cabin where Connie and Charles are hiding, afraid of being caught and tortured.

Source: The Stool Pigeon
If you think about it, despite the fact that Holmes was getting tortured with an inch of his life he wasn't afraid to exchange his life for his friend's.

Source: Undying Loyalty

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