Synonyms & related words for torturous

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of torturous — including excruciating, agonizing, torturing, harrowing, painful, afflictive. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to torturous

Explore words related to torturous — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include torturesome, torturously, excruciatingly, tortures, untortured, tormentingly, torment, agonizingly. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for torturous

Common synonyms for torturous include excruciating, agonizing, torturing, harrowing, painful, afflictive, cruel, atrocious — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does torturous come from?

The word torturous breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: tortur, from Latin torquere (“to twist, torment”); and -ous, from Latin osus (“full of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.