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Synonyms for torturous
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : tawr-cher-uh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɔr tʃər əs |
Top 10 synonyms for torturous
Définition of torturous
Origin :- late 15c., from Anglo-French torturous, from Old French tortureus, from Latin tortura (see torture).
- adj tormenting
- He knew where the dock was, but the way thither was difficult and torturous.
- Extract from : « The Sea and the Jungle » by H. M. Tomlinson
- It was an endless night, torturous with cold and uncertainty.
- Extract from : « The Short Cut » by Jackson Gregory
- Carrying a heavy pack down such a grade exerted a torturous strain upon the backs of the legs.
- Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
- She was able to right herself to her knees, and after a torturous five minutes reached the fireplace.
- Extract from : « The Million Dollar Mystery » by Harold MacGrath
- Heaven help us, I thought, if we had to lie on that torturous stuff for fifteen hours!
- Extract from : « Wings of the Wind » by Credo Harris
- The hush holding it was like the drawn breath of a victim waiting the first turn of the torturous wheel.
- Extract from : « The Prince of India, Volume I » by Lew. Wallace
- When all was in readiness a Negro sergeant in the British service was seized, and put to a torturous death.
- Extract from : « History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 » by George W. Williams
- Somewhere over in those mountains Angel Gonzales was wending a torturous path to meet him.
- Extract from : « Across the Mesa » by Jarvis Hall
- The "politic handling" failed, which the cardinal had thought so skilful, and which had been so torturous.
- Extract from : « History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume V » by J. H. Merle d'Aubigné
- Some of the accused were placed on an iron pale, which slowly cut into their body, and resulted in a slow, torturous death.
- Extract from : « History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume I (of 3) » by S. M. Dubnow
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