torturously
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8.9
- adverb
- /ˈtɔːrtʃərəsli/
- Offensive
:
de forma torturante
- Do all assigned books have to be so torturously boring?
- torturously slow
Examples
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The patient's recovery was torturously slow, filled with many setbacks and challenges.
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Vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) bites his lip torturously every chance he gets.
Blog text (10) -
So Death decided to have a little fun and torturously take each soul one by one.
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Begin torturously slow dunking mechanism.
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It quickly became clear that Mrs. X had arranged for me to arrive everywhere torturously early.
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What followed was a torturously long night, listening to the howling wind in anticipation of another life-threatening catastrophe, which we were sure would occur because our home is surrounded by towering trees.
Blog text (6) -
This five-year-old me has the unholy patience of a glacier, which means that my father must contend not only with half a thousand puzzle pieces but with my method of torturously trying them one after another in a single amoebic opening.
Fiction book (1993) -
Like all hospital elevators, this one was torturously slow, and while we inched upward to the leukemia ward, the paper bag howled and screamed in irrepressible hilarity.
Fiction book (1992) -
The meeting felt torturously long, dragging on for hours without any resolution.
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He described his run through the hills as torturously exhausting and painful.
Synonyms
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3.7
In a way that causes physical or emotional pain
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8.2
In a very painful or strong way
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7.4
In a way that causes very strong physical pain or deep worry
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7.2
In a way that feels very painful or shocking
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8.8
In a way that causes great fear or pain
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8.1
In a way that causes strong emotional pain
In a way that causes someone a lot of pain or worry
In a way that shows quiet pain and patience
Antonyms
How Painful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Torturously comes from the word torture, which itself comes from an old root meaning 'to twist'. Because a twist can hurt, something done torturously is done in a slow, very painful or agonizing way.