A mountain road is tortuous. My singing is torturous. And when I violate a contract I am being tortious.
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Answer this question… He compares the journey to both a "tortuous road" and "a super highway of justice."
The spelling torturous means related to torture.The spelling tortuous means twisted, tangled, winding, or convoluted.
The climb up the mountain was tortuous and brutal.
The word "torturous" applies to torture, but the word "tortuous" (twisting) is the correct word when relating to a winding road or a difficult series of activities (especially legal).
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The adjective forms for the verb to torture are the present participle, torturing (a torturing sun), and the past participle, tortured (a tortured prisoner).The adjective form for the noun torture is torturous (a torturous procedure).
torcher:one who gives light with a torch or sets buildings ablaze (arsonist)ortorture:an act of inflicting excruciating pain on body or mind
A mountain road is a twisty, usually narrow road which is high up in the mountains. A mountain pass is a road which crosses the mountains. Often, a mountain road leads to a pass, but not always.
The tortuous climb wore me out.
The Mountain Road was created in 1960.
the two words are not connected; tortuous means suffering and pain.