Torturous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Torturous \Tor"tur*ous\ (t[^o]r"t[-u]r*[u^]s), a.
     Involving, or pertaining to, torture. [R.] "The torturous
     crucifixion." --I. Disraeli.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  torturous
       adj : extremely painful [syn: {agonizing}, {agonising}, {excruciating},
              {harrowing}, {torturing}, {torturesome}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "torturous":
     acute, afflictive, agonizing, atrocious, biting, consuming,
     cramping, cruel, desolating, distressing, excruciating, gnawing,
     grave, griping, hard, harrowing, harsh, heartbreaking,
     heartrending, heartsickening, heartwounding, hurtful, hurting,
     painful, paroxysmal, piercing, poignant, pungent, racking, rending,
     severe, sharp, shooting, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, stabbing,
     stinging, tearing, tormenting, torturing