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torturous

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of torturous

1 hard to accept or bear especially emotionally

relatives had to make the torturous decision to disconnect the patient's life-support system

Synonyms of torturous

afflicting, agonizing, bitter, cruel, excruciating, galling, grievous, harrowing, harsh, heartrending, hurtful, painful, tormenting

Words Related to torturous

insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable, unendurable, unsupportable

appalling, awful, bad, dire, dreadful, ghastly, horrible, miserable, nasty, rotten, severe, terrible, vile, wretched

acute, extreme, intense, piercing

Near Antonyms of torturous

bearable, endurable, supportable, sustainable, tolerable

livable (also liveable), sufferable, survivable

acceptable, allowable, reasonable

Antonyms of torturous

gratifying, pleasing, sweet

2 intensely or unbearably painful

the post-infection treatment for rabies was as notoriously torturous as the disease itself

Synonyms of torturous

agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, racking, raging, tormenting, torturing, wrenching

Words Related to torturous

acute, exquisite, extreme, fierce, intense, vehement, violent

biting, cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp, shooting, smarting, stabbing, stinging, tearing, tingling

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