Ecstatic
Ecstatic adjective - Experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion.
Nearby Words: ecstasy, ecstatically
Tormented
Tormented adjective - Experiencing intense pain especially mental pain.
Both words in one sentence
- He transformed the pain of his tormented life into ecstatic beauty.
Source: Internal Reveal -
Dr Black — Bill Nighy's character — who is an art expert, explains in Van Gogh's presence how the latter managed to "transform the pain of his tormented life into ecstatic beauty" and "use [his] passion and pain to portray the joy and ecstasy and magnificence of our world".
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