That causes or is accompanied by anguish; extremely painful or distressing; agonizing, tormenting. Also: that causes anxiety or worry.

That wounds or injures; capable of causing hurt or pain. literal and figurative.

Harsh to the feelings; bitter, cruel, severe.

Grievous, terrible, dreadful; = derf, adj. 3.

That tears or lacerates; (in later use esp.) that causes great emotional pain.

Of pains, diseases, evil influences: Raging, cruel. Obsolete.

Gnawing, corroding, consuming, wasting. in immaterial sense.

Having an acute effect on the mind or emotions; intensely affecting; deeply distressing.

Full of or characterized by anguish; extremely painful or distressing.

Severe, bitter; sharp or piercing; stinging or wounding to the feelings.

That causes or is accompanied by anguish; extremely painful or distressing.

Harsh to the feelings; bitter, cruel, severe.

Causing agony or extreme anguish; exceedingly painful physically or mentally; (in weakened sense) causing worry, causing difficulty in making a…

That torments, in various senses of the verb.

Causing pain, distress, or anguish; racking, distressing.

That acutely wounds the mind or feelings.

Of tormenting nature; torturing.

Full of, or fraught with torment.

Torturing, tormenting; causing intense pain or suffering.

Full of, involving, or causing torture; tormenting, excruciating; in first quot., given to inflicting torture.

That lacerates (in various senses); afflicting, damaging; that tears or cuts.

That tortures; inflicting or causing torture; tormenting, excruciating.

Generally (chiefly in figurative applications); esp. that wounds the feelings; severely distressing, harrowing; also, causing a sensation as of…

That causes or is characterized or accompanied by heartache (chiefly in sense 2). Later also more generally: deeply moving; expressing or…

causing or expressing intense sorrow or emotional anguish; deeply distressing or moving; cf. heart-rending, adj.

That crucifies, tortures, excruciates: see the verb.

that torments, tormenting.

That martyrs someone. In extended use: that causes extreme suffering, anguish, etc.

torturous, excruciating.

Torturing, tormenting.

Full of or characterized by anguish; expressive of anguish; extremely painful or distressing.

That probes; piercing, penetrating; inquisitive.

Characterized by or evoking anguish or distress.

Of a thought, feeling, etc.: characterized by or evoking anguish or great distress.

That harrows or lacerates the feelings; acutely distressing or painful.

Causing a wound or wounds; wounding. Also figurative.

Of pain, etc.: Excruciating, racking, wearing.

Characterized by, or causing torture; extremely painful or distressing.

That wrenches or twists; of the nature of a wrench. Also figurative.

Used for torturous, adj.