Torturous vs. Tortuous

Torturousadjective

Of or pertaining to torture.

Torturousadjective

Painful, excruciating, torturing.

Torturousadjective

Involving, or pertaining to, torture.

Torturousadjective

extremely painful

Torturousadjective

characterized by, involving, or causing pain or suffering

Tortuousadjective

Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.

Tortuousadjective

(astrology) Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely.

Tortuousadjective

(obsolete) Injurious; tortious.

Tortuousadjective

Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.

Tortuousadjective

Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.

Tortuousadjective

Injurious: tortious.

Tortuousadjective

Oblique; - applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.

Tortuousadjective

highly involved or intricate;

Tortuousadjective

marked by repeated turns and bends;

Tortuousadjective

not straightforward;

Tortuousadjective

full of twists and turns

Tortuousadjective

excessively lengthy and complex