torture
noun
the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
torturesome
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a word derived from
torture.
Example Sentences
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They invaded the graceless youth's room, much to the pretended alarm of that torturesome collegian, who believed that the entire student-body of old Bannister had foregathered to wreak vengeance on his devoted head.
From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by J. Raymond Elderdice
He now frequently, for several days, would not return home; and afterwards, having come, would undergo torturesome hours of feminine interrogations, scenes, tears, even hysterical fits.
From Yama: the pit by Bernard Guilbert Guerney
The long, green afternoon, that had been so brief, had been so torturesome that she doubted her ability.
From The Paliser case by Edgar Saltus
The experience which threatened him was altogether a new one; he was in a condition of suspense that was simply torturesome.
From Second Book of Tales by Eugene Field
History under this new teacher had become something more than a dog-eared text-book; geography more than stained and torn wall-maps; reading more than a torturesome process of making sounds.
From Virginia of Elk Creek Valley by Mary Ellen Chase
