torturous
adjective
, ˈtȯr-chə-\
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Synonyms & Antonyms for torturous
Synonyms
afflicting, agonizing, bitter, cruel, excruciating, galling, grievous, harrowing, harsh, heartrending, hurtful, painful, tormenting
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Activists condemn the fur industry as inhumane, contending that the animals are subject to brutal conditions and meet torturous deaths. — Fox News, "Los Angeles takes step to become largest U.S. city to ban fur," 18 Sep. 2018 Trying to drink more water every day can seem at best boring and repetitive and at worst well, a little torturous. — Sally Tamarkin, SELF, "22 Easy Ways to Drink More Water Every Day," 3 Jan. 2019 Getty Images Listening to another person’s vacation stories is notoriously torturous. — Aditi Shrikant, Vox, "Why we hate hearing about other people’s vacations," 18 Oct. 2018 But the torturous aspects are easy to forget against the backdrop of Palace Merano’s beautiful setting in the hills of northern Italy. — Irena Medavoy, Town & Country, "How to Detox Like a Hollywood Power Player," 5 Nov. 2018 Perhaps the only thing more torturous than trekking 600 miles to the South Pole, through some of the most inhospitable conditions nature has to offer, is watching your son do the same. — Christina Capatides, CBS News, "Father and son risk their lives crossing Antarctica to save the planet," 14 June 2018 That’s one of the most torturous aspects of being a woman. — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, "What Do Women Have to Do to Be Believed?," 20 Sep. 2018 Be prepared for months of anxious preparation and weeks of a torturous waiting game. — Fresh U, Teen Vogue, "9 Stages of Applying to College as a High School Senior," 11 Sep. 2018 After a torturous marathon development, a pair of Soyuz ships prepared for launch in November 1966, exactly 50 years ago. — Anatoly Zak, Popular Mechanics, "The Model T of Space: Russian Soyuz Spacecraft Turns 50," 28 Nov. 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'torturous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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