Usually means: Causing great pain or distress.
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  1. torturesome: Merriam-Webster
  2. torturesome: Collins English Dictionary
  3. torturesome: Vocabulary.com
  4. torturesome: Wiktionary
  5. torturesome: Dictionary.com
  6. torturesome: Rhymezone
  7. torturesome: FreeDictionary.org
  8. torturesome: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. torturesome: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (torturesome)

▸ adjective:  Characterised or marked by torture; torturous

Similar:
torturous, torturing, excruciating, harrowing, agonizing, painful, torturelike, tortuous, painsome, cruelsome, more...

Opposite:
pleasant, enjoyable, delightful, comfortable

Types:
agonizing, excruciating, intolerable, unendurable, unbearable, more...

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Similar:
torturous, torturing, excruciating, harrowing, agonizing, painful, torturelike, tortuous, painsome, cruelsome, more...

Opposite:
pleasant, enjoyable, delightful, comfortable

Types:
agonizing, excruciating, intolerable, unendurable, unbearable, more...



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