Permanently saddled with this

I really, really don't want torturous to be a word. I don't like it. It's like a person with a third leg.

I do enjoy the word tortuous. So free and graceful without that ridiculous "r".

But the ugly word has its own definition and cannot be discarded.

TORTUOUS: convoluted, tangled, involved

TORTUROUS: excruciating, ...SATAN