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causing discomfort as a result of physical or mental pain
- The torturous journey through the mountains tested their limits.
- He sat through a torturous, excruciatingly long meeting.
- The pain in her arm was torturous after the injury.
- Waiting for the verdict was a torturous experience.
- The memory of that day was excruciating and torturous.