excruciating
Meaning of excruciating
- intensely painful.
excruciating back pain
- torment (someone) physically or mentally.
I stand back, excruciated by the possibility
late 16th century: from Latin excruciat- ‘tormented’, from the verb excruciare (based on crux, cruc- ‘a cross’).
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Hyphenation of excruciating
ex-cru-ci-at-ing
- It consists of 5 syllables and 12 chars.
- excruciating is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
excruciating synonyms
Meaning agonizing:
agonizing, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome
Meaning (of something bad or undesirable) very great; intense:
Meaning (of a disease or its symptoms) severe but of short duration:
Meaning of extreme force, degree, or strength:
Meaning reaching a high or the highest degree; very great:
Meaning (of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled:
Meaning using or involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something:
Meaning cause extreme pain, anguish, or distress to:
Meaning extremely hot or intense:
Meaning (of a feeling) intense, typically in a distressing way:
Meaning (of a pain or sensation) sharp and sudden:
Meaning showing rage:
Meaning inflicting severe physical or mental suffering:
Meaning (of something bad) very severe or serious:
Meaning causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious:
Meaning very bad or unpleasant:
Meaning extremely bad or serious:
Meaning not able to be endured or tolerated:
Meaning not able to be tolerated or endured:
Meaning (of a headache) severe:
Meaning pounding or throbbing in a heavy, continuous way:
Meaning repeated and heavy striking or hitting of someone or something:
Meaning exhausting or unbearable:
Meaning intensely felt:
excruciating antonyms
Meaning small in degree; inconsiderable:
Meaning not severe, serious, or harsh:
Translation of excruciating
- Spanish: atroz, espantoso, espantosa, angustioso, angustiosa
- French: atroce, accablant
- Italian: atroce, straziante, spasmodico, agonizzante
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