martyred
Killed for faith
Martyred describes someone killed or made to suffer for their beliefs, or something done in that spirit: She gave me a martyred look when I asked for help.
The adjective often carries irony, suggesting exaggerated or performative suffering rather than genuine persecution: He sighed with martyred patience.
Also the past tense of martyr.
Gave up something valued
- slainKilled, often violently
- killedCaused to die
- executedCarried out or killed
- persecutedSubjected to hostile treatment
suffering · tormented · oppressed · victimized · immolated · crucified · stoned · burned
One harmed by another
- aggrievedFeeling unjustly wronged
- woundedHaving sustained harm
- long-sufferingPatiently enduring hardship
- put-uponTreated unfairly, overburdened
resentful · complaining · dramatic · sulking · brooding · sighing · guilt-tripping · passive-aggressive
Declared officially holy
- saintedFormally declared holy
- beatifiedOfficially declared blessed
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
- hallowedMade or regarded holy
revered · venerated · honored · glorified · commemorated · enshrined · immortalized · worshipped
sacrificed
Gave up something valued
persecuted · suffering · tormented · oppressed · victimized · immolated · crucified · stoned · burned · beheaded
victim
One harmed by another
- aggrievedFeeling unjustly wronged
- woundedHaving sustained harm
- long-sufferingPatiently enduring hardship
put-upon · resentful · complaining · dramatic · sulking · brooding · sighing · guilt-tripping · passive-aggressive · manipulative
canonized
Declared officially holy
- saintedFormally declared holy
- beatifiedOfficially declared blessed
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
hallowed · revered · venerated · honored · glorified · commemorated · enshrined · immortalized · worshipped · exalted
martyredsurvived
Remained alive through hardship
passed away · lived · unharmed · expired
- martyr complexSelf-perception as perpetual sufferer
- Christian martyrBeliever killed for faith
- political martyrOne slain for ideology
- Catholic martyrOne killed for Catholicism
- martyr's shrinePlace honoring religious dead
- Christian martyrdomDeath for religious faith