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TORTUROUS
agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome
(adjective) extremely painful
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
torturous (comparative more torturous, superlative most torturous)
Of or pertaining to torture.
Painful, excruciating, torturing.
Usage notes
• Sometimes confused with tortuous.
Synonyms
• tormentous
Source: Wiktionary
Tor"tur*ous, a.
Definition: Involving, or pertaining to, torture. [R.] "The torturous crucifixion." I. Disraeli.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”
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