torturously
In excruciating fashion
In a torturous manner—causing extreme suffering, distress, or tedium.
The word applies to genuinely painful experiences The recovery was torturously slow and to merely unpleasant ones The lecture dragged on torturously.
Often confused with tortuously, which means in a twisting or winding way, though the words share Latin roots in "twist."
In tormenting fashion
- painfullyIn a distressing manner
- excruciatinglyWith intense suffering
- wrenchinglyIn a twisting, painful manner
- unbearablyBeyond what's endurable
piercingly · throbbing · searing · cramped · contorted · twisted · straining · grueling
Without end or limit
- endlesslyWithout termination or limit
- agonizinglyIn tormenting fashion
- draggingPulling with effort
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
tediously · protracted · drawn-out · glacially · snail-paced · prolonged · laboriously · grindingly
Excessively complex or twisted
- labyrinthineExtremely complex and winding
- twistedWound around itself
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- circuitousIndirect, winding path
tangled · knotted · meandering · serpentine · byzantine · complicated · intricate · confusing
In a grief-inducing manner
- anguishedSeverely emotionally distressed
- wretchedlyIn abject misery
- miserablyIn wretched fashion
- despairinglyIn a hopeless manner
achingly · yearningly · crushingly · devastatingly · gut-wrenching · soul-crushing · tormenting · haunting
agonizingly
In tormenting fashion
- painfullyIn a distressing manner
- excruciatinglyWith intense suffering
- wrenchinglyIn a twisting, painful manner
unbearably · piercingly · throbbing · searing · cramped · contorted · twisted · straining · grueling · punishing
interminably
Without end or limit
- endlesslyWithout termination or limit
- agonizinglyIn tormenting fashion
- draggingPulling with effort
crawling · tediously · protracted · drawn-out · glacially · snail-paced · prolonged · laboriously · grindingly · eternally
convoluted
Excessively complex or twisted
- labyrinthineExtremely complex and winding
- twistedWound around itself
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
circuitous · tangled · knotted · meandering · serpentine · byzantine · complicated · intricate · confusing · bewildering
heartbreakingly
In a grief-inducing manner
- anguishedSeverely emotionally distressed
- wretchedlyIn abject misery
- miserablyIn wretched fashion
despairingly · achingly · yearningly · crushingly · devastatingly · gut-wrenching · soul-crushing · tormenting · haunting · grief-stricken
torturouslypleasurably
In an enjoyable manner
blissfully · painlessly · pleasantly · comfortably · delightfully
torturouslyeffortlessly
Without visible labor
smoothly · easily · painlessly · straightforwardly · seamlessly
torture, torment, retort, distort, contort, extort, tortuous, torsion, tortuously