excruciate

ex·cru·ci·ate

E0268100 (ĭk-skro͞o′shē-āt′)tr.v. ex·cru·ci·at·ed, ex·cru·ci·at·ing, ex·cru·ci·ates 1. To inflict severe pain on; torture.2. To inflict great mental distress on.

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[Latin excruciāre, excruciāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + cruciāre, to crucify, torture (from crux, cruc-, cross).]

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ex·cru′ci·a′tion n.

excruciate

(ɪkˈskruːʃɪˌeɪt) vb (tr) 1. to inflict mental suffering on; torment2. obsolete to inflict physical pain on; torture[C16: from Latin excruciāre, from cruciāre to crucify, from crux cross] exˌcruciˈation n

ex•cru•ci•ate

(ɪkˈskru ʃiˌeɪt)

v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing. 1. to inflict severe pain upon; torture. 2. to cause mental anguish to. [1560–70; < Latin excruciātus, past participle of excruciāre to torment, torture =ex- ex-¹ + cruciāre to torment (derivative of crux cross)] ex•cru`ci•a′tion, n.

excruciate

Past participle: excruciated
Gerund: excruciating

Imperative	excruciateexcruciate

Present	I excruciateyou excruciatehe/she/it excruciateswe excruciateyou excruciatethey excruciate

Preterite	I excruciatedyou excruciatedhe/she/it excruciatedwe excruciatedyou excruciatedthey excruciated

Present Continuous	I am excruciatingyou are excruciatinghe/she/it is excruciatingwe are excruciatingyou are excruciatingthey are excruciating

Present Perfect	I have excruciatedyou have excruciatedhe/she/it has excruciatedwe have excruciatedyou have excruciatedthey have excruciated

Past Continuous	I was excruciatingyou were excruciatinghe/she/it was excruciatingwe were excruciatingyou were excruciatingthey were excruciating

Past Perfect	I had excruciatedyou had excruciatedhe/she/it had excruciatedwe had excruciatedyou had excruciatedthey had excruciated

Future	I will excruciateyou will excruciatehe/she/it will excruciatewe will excruciateyou will excruciatethey will excruciate

Future Perfect	I will have excruciatedyou will have excruciatedhe/she/it will have excruciatedwe will have excruciatedyou will have excruciatedthey will have excruciated

Future Continuous	I will be excruciatingyou will be excruciatinghe/she/it will be excruciatingwe will be excruciatingyou will be excruciatingthey will be excruciating

Present Perfect Continuous	I have been excruciatingyou have been excruciatinghe/she/it has been excruciatingwe have been excruciatingyou have been excruciatingthey have been excruciating

Future Perfect Continuous	I will have been excruciatingyou will have been excruciatinghe/she/it will have been excruciatingwe will have been excruciatingyou will have been excruciatingthey will have been excruciating

Past Perfect Continuous	I had been excruciatingyou had been excruciatinghe/she/it had been excruciatingwe had been excruciatingyou had been excruciatingthey had been excruciating

Conditional	I would excruciateyou would excruciatehe/she/it would excruciatewe would excruciateyou would excruciatethey would excruciate

Past Conditional	I would have excruciatedyou would have excruciatedhe/she/it would have excruciatedwe would have excruciatedyou would have excruciatedthey would have excruciated

Thesaurus

Verb

1.excruciate - torment emotionally or mentally torment, torture, rackanguish, pain, hurt - cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"

2.excruciate - subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"torture, tormentinjure, wound - cause injuries or bodily harm torack - torture on the rackmartyrise, martyrize, martyr - torture and torment like a martyr

excruciate

verbTo bring great harm or suffering to:afflict, agonize, anguish, curse, plague, rack, scourge, smite, strike, torment, torture.