torturous C1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃəɹəs/ UK /ˈtɔːt͡ʃəɹəs/ See IPA manual Freq #41915 Meanings 1 adj Causing great physical or mental pain; extremely difficult to endure. The long wait for the test results was torturous. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · causing great physical or... agonizingexcruciating More tormentous Etymology AI details From Middle English torterous, from Anglo-Norman torturous, from Old French tortureus, from Latin tortūra. By surface analysis, torture + -ous. torterous Middle English torturous xno tortureus Old French tortūra Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # torturous **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃəɹəs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtɔːt͡ʃəɹəs/ **Frequency rank:** 41915 ## Meanings 1. Causing great physical or mental pain; extremely difficult to endure. ## Examples - The long wait for the test results was torturous. ## Synonyms - tormentous ## Roots and Affixes - Root: torterous - Root: torturous - Root: tortureus - Root: tortūra ## Etymology From Middle English torterous, from Anglo-Norman torturous, from Old French tortureus, from Latin tortūra. By surface analysis, torture + -ous. ## AI Etymology Torturous is from Middle English torterous, from Anglo-Norman torturous, from Old French tortureus, from Latin tortūra. By surface analysis, torture + -ous. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. In present-day use, it means causing great physical or mental pain; extremely difficult to endure. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown