Distressed rodent met snakes! (9)

I believe the answer is:

tormented

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'distressed rodent met snakes' is the definition.
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'distressed rodent met' is the wordplay.
'distressed' indicates an anagram.
'rodent'+'met'='rodentmet'
'rodentmet' is an anagram of 'TORMENTED'.

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(Other definitions for tormented that I've seen before include "Caused to suffer" , "Made to suffer" , "Worried" , "Angst-ridden" , "Distressed" .)

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