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Meaning of TORTUROUS

Pronunciation:  t'orch`oous

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  extremely painful
 
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 Synonyms: agonising, agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, painful, torturesome, torturing
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tor"tur*ous\, a.
Involving, or pertaining to, torture. [R.] ``The torturous
crucifixion.'' --I. Disraeli.
 

 

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