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adjectiveextremely painful; causing intense suffering; unbearably distressing; torturing: an excruciating noise; excruciating pain. exceedingly elaborate or intense; extreme: done with excruciating care. Origin of excruciatingFirst recorded in 1655–65; excruciate + -ing2 SYNONYMS FOR excruciating1 unbearable, insufferable, unendurable, agonizing, racking. SEE SYNONYMS FOR excruciating ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM excruciatingex·cru·ci·at·ing·ly, adverbun·ex·cru·ci·at·ing, adjectiveWords nearby excruciatingexcretory duct, excretory ductule of lacrimal gland, excretory gland, excretory system, excruciate, excruciating, excruciation, excubitorium, excud., excudit, exculpate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for excruciatingHer back popped, leaving the former softball star frozen in excruciating pain. Patients Screwed in Spine Surgery ‘Scam’|The Center for Investigative Reporting|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST The pain was so excruciating that talking was difficult for the man. The Original Ebola Hunter|Abby Haglage|September 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Bucca ignored what must have been excruciating pain as he made his way to the bedside of Police Officer Steven McDonald. The Flying New York Fireman Who Shined on 9/11|Michael Daly|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST I was in pain everywhere, my pelvic area was in excruciating pain. Is Sex Assault a Crime in the Ivy League?|Olivia Nuzzi|May 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That is my faith, even if the pain of the present moment is too excruciating to envision what it might be. A Bishop’s Decision to Divorce|Gene Robinson|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST What does it not pay of excruciating suspense, of hateful, laborious forebearance and unnatural self-denial? The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5)|Fanny Burney When the subject is caused to walk, symptoms of excruciating pain are manifested in all acute cases of laminitis. Lameness of the Horse|John Victor Lacroix The blood gushed out before he had finished, the pain was excruciating, but he showed no sign of flinching. Long Live the King|Guy Boothby Here the excruciating anguish of the father, overcame that of the dying man. A Simple Story|Mrs. Inchbald "Then we'll push on at once," she gasped, as if speech itself were an excruciating effort. Mistress Wilding|Rafael Sabatini
British Dictionary definitions for excruciating
adjectiveunbearably painful; agonizing intense; extremehe took excruciating pains to do it well informal irritating; trying jocular very badan excruciating pun Derived forms of excruciatingexcruciatingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to excruciatingunbearable, grueling, acute, searing, severe, agonizing, harrowing, intense, exquisite, consuming, burning, punishing, piercing, stabbing, tormenting, shooting, tearing, chastening, rending, torturing |