1. torturous - Adjective
2. torturous - Adjective Satellite
Involving, or pertaining to, torture.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBy contrast, torturous executions were typically public, and woodcuts of English prisoners being hanged, drawn and quartered show large crowds of spectators, as do paintings of Spanish auto-da-fé executions, in which heretics were burned at the stake. Source: Internet
Because of its semi-autobiographical nature, some of A Scanner Darkly was torturous to write. Source: Internet
He has a personal vendetta against the Chief, Dr. Niles Caulder, and orchestrates the entire events of the first season as an act of torturous revenge. Source: Internet
The hydrotherapy room is covered in green tiles and, in episode 4, "Angel Of Mercy: Part Two", Mildred—along with Dr. Richard Hanover (Jon Jon Briones)—uses the torturous form of psychiatric care to torture a hired assassin. Source: Internet
But what is tragic is that at no time during this long waiting, brought about by this torturous calculation, is the human cost inside the nation ever factored in; short of a full assurance, they are willing to let the masses suffer in the meantime. Source: Internet
For brown, black, and yellow Americans, that’s hardly news, so what made “The Story of O.J.” so powerfully resonant in this racially torturous year? Source: Internet