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Newguest Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Tormented

Hi

When I was about fifteen, I remember going into a bit of a tormented-teenager phase and one of the things that really would still my soul was playing piano.

--- I'm not sure what "tormented-teenager phase" mean? Is there a similar expression which means the same? Maybe "rebellious"?
  

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Not really. Rebellious is how you act, tormented is how you feel. Most teenagers go through a period of angst.

— BarbaraPA

  • Not really.
  • Rebellious is how you act, tormented is how you feel.
  • Most teenagers go through a period of angst.
  • In fact, if you google "teen angst" you'll get lot of hits that describe how this guy felt.
  • He may never have rebelled at all, and had model behavior, but inside he felt a lot of turmoil.
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Not really. Rebellious is how you act, tormented is how you feel. Most teenagers go through a period of angst. In fact, if you google "teen angst" you'll get lot of hits that describe how this guy felt. He may never have rebelled at all, and had model behavior, but inside he felt a lot of turmoil.
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Hi GG.

So "tormented" may be something like "angst"? So he just felt angst inside himself.
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