a. rare. [f. TORTURE sb. + -SOME.] Characterized by, or causing torture; extremely painful or distressing.
1889. E. Saltus, Tristrem Varick, 146. The enforced inactivity was torturesome as suspense.
1906. Charlotte Mansfield, Girl & Gods, viii. Your life in every way must be one of exquisite or torturesome emotion.
