Meaning of EXCRUCIATING
| Pronunciation: | | ik'skrooshee`eyting
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| | Definition: | | [adj] extremely painful |
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| | Synonyms: | | agonising, agonizing, harrowing, painful, torturesome, torturing, torturous |
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| | Definition: | | \Ex*cru"ci*a`ting\
Torturing; racking. ``Excruciating pain.'' --V. Knox.
``Excruciating fears.'' --Bentley -- {Ex*cru"ci*a`ting*ly},
adv.
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| | Related Terms: | | acute, afflictive, agonizing, atrocious, biting, consuming, cramping, cruel, desolating, distressful, distressing, exquisite, extreme, gnawing, grave, griping, hard, harrowing, harsh, heartbreaking, heartrending, heartsickening, heartwounding, hurtful, hurting, insufferable, intense, keen, painful, paroxysmal, piercing, poignant, pungent, racking, rending, severe, sharp, shooting, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, stabbing, stinging, tearing, tormenting, torturing, torturous, unbearable, unendurable, vivid |
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