torturous
/ˈtɔːtʃ(ə)rəs
/adjective
Characterized by, involving, or causing pain or suffering: a torturous five days of fitness training...
- On the other hand, however, he wouldn't have to continue with that torturous pain anymore.
- We must all act now, before it is too late to stop our horses and ponies suffering long, torturous journeys to their deaths in foreign abattoirs.
- Agonizing, torturous hours were lost as he waited outside of Laura's chambers.
Usage
On the difference between torturous and tortuous, see tortuous (usage).
Derivatives
torturously
a torturously hot day...
- We endured frequent and torturously dull mother-daughter chitchats.
- Sadly, I have found not a single short-cut method for this torturously slow process.
- Every weekend millions of us are forced to either go home early or face the prospect of a torturously slow journey on a night bus full of barking loons.
Origin
Late 15th century: from Anglo-Norman French, from torture 'torture'.