torturous
Definition
- Adjective:
- Extremely painful: Causing severe physical or mental suffering; characterized by or involving torture or great agony.
- Agonizingly slow or difficult: Extremely tedious, prolonged, or difficult in a way that causes mental distress.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The recovery process after the surgery was a torturous experience.
- The wait for the exam results felt torturous.
- They endured a torturous journey through the desert without water.
Advanced Usage
"torturous pace": An extremely slow or difficult rate of progress that causes frustration.
- The negotiations proceeded at a torturous pace, testing everyone's patience.
"torturous decision": A choice that is extremely difficult and painful to make.
- Firing a long-time employee was a torturous decision for the manager.
Variants and Related Words
Torture (n/v): The act of inflicting severe pain; to cause someone extreme physical or mental pain.
- The prisoner was subjected to torture.
- The memory tortured him for years.
Torturously (adv): In an extremely painful or slow manner.
- The time passed torturously slowly.
Synonyms
- Agonizing: Causing great physical or mental pain.
- Excruciating: Intensely painful.
- Harrowing: Acutely distressing or painful.
- Painful: Causing physical or emotional pain.
Notes on Usage and Confusion
- Torturous vs. Tortuous: These words are often confused.
- Torturous relates to torture and means causing extreme pain or suffering.
- Tortuous means full of twists and turns, or excessively complex (e.g., a tortuous mountain road, a tortuous legal argument).
Adjective
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extremely painful
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