Meaning & use
Torturous
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Extremely painful, unpleasant, or difficult to endure.
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The exam felt like a torturous three hours of impossible questions.
They endured a torturous wait for the biopsy results.
A note on using this word
"Torturous" is often confused with "tortuous," which means winding or complicated rather than painful; the two words are pronounced similarly but have distinct meanings.
Words with a similar meaning
agonizingexcruciating
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