torturous

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torturous

The long hike up the steep mountain trail was torturous.

Definition
  1. 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).
torturous

The long hike up the steep mountain trail was torturous.

Adjective
  1. extremely painful

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