Excruciating Definition

ĭk-skro͝oshē-ātĭng
adjective
Intensely painful; agonizing.
American Heritage
Causing intense physical or mental pain; agonizing.
Webster's New World
Intense or extreme.
With excruciating attention to detail.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Excruciating

  • Present participle of excruciate, from Latin excruciātus, past participle of excruciō, from ex- + cruciō "I torment".

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Excruciating Sentence Examples

  • She was weak and the pain was excruciating, but she was determined to go home.

  • Drowsiness was irresistibly mastering him, but he kept awake by an excruciating pain in his arm, for which he could find no satisfactory position.

  • While the fools looked for my car nearby, I, in spite of excruciating pain, managed to escape their feeble efforts to find me.

  • Walking tomorrow would be excruciating.

  • She tried to stand, but the pain was excruciating.

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