mučen

1. tortured
   Zatvorenici su danima bili mučeni. — The prisoners were tortured for days.
2. (of thoughts, feelings) tormented; troubled
   Mučen sumnjama, nije mogao da zaspi. — Tormented by doubts, he couldn't fall asleep.
   Bio je mučen grižom savesti. — He was tormented by a guilty conscience.
3. colloq. (of a person, sympathetically) poor; unfortunate; long-suffering
   Mučena žena, ceo život je radila za druge. — Poor woman, she worked for others her whole life.

The cause of torment usually goes in the instrumental: mučen brigama.