Synonyms for torturous
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Agonizing — painful, excruciating, torturing
agonizing, agonising UK, painful, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturesome, painable dated
Other
tormentous dated rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Painful, excruciating, torturing.
Related words
- Word family
- torturously
Example sentences
- painful She is still in the painful process of growing up.
- harrowing It was the most harrowing experience of my life.
- excruciating You discovered my biggest weakness: excruciating pain.
- agonizing We found her still alive, she was agonizing.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| torturous | rising | |
| painful | rising | |
| harrowing | rising | |
| excruciating | rising | |
| agonizing | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- painful2
- 8 letters
- painable
- 9 letters
- torturing3, harrowing3, agonizing4, agonising
- 10 letters
- tormentous
- 11 letters
- torturesome
- 12 letters
- excruciating5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (painful2 = 2 syllables).