torturesome

The long, green afternoon, that had been so brief, had been so torturesome that she doubted her ability.

History under this new teacher had become something more than a dog-eared text-book; geography more than stained and torn wall-maps; reading more than a torturesome process of making sounds.

The experience which threatened him was altogether a new one; he was in a condition of suspense that was simply torturesome.

They invaded the graceless youth's room, much to the pretended alarm of that torturesome collegian, who believed that the entire student-body of old Bannister had foregathered to wreak vengeance on his devoted head.

He now frequently, for several days, would not return home; and afterwards, having come, would undergo torturesome hours of feminine interrogations, scenes, tears, even hysterical fits.