adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to torture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
torturous
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃəɹəs/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːt͡ʃəɹəs/
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CMU ARPABET: T AO1 R CH UW2 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Painful, excruciating, torturing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
extremely painful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturesome
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English torterous, from Anglo-Norman torturous, from Old French tortureus, from Latin tortūra. By surface analysis, torture + -ous.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Spanish: torturador — Translations
- Spanish: torturante — Translations
- Spanish: torturoso — Translations
- Turkish: işkenceli — Translations