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excruciating en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɪkˈskɹuʃi.eɪtɪŋ/ (General-American)
  • /ɪkˈskɹuːʃi.eɪtɪŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without NG-coalescence
  • (US) audio
  • /əkˈskɹʉːʃi.æɪtəŋ/ (New-Zealand)
  • /ɪkˈskɾʉʃi.etɪŋ/ (Scotland)
  • /əkˈskɹʉːʃi.æɪtɪŋ/ (Australia)
  • /ɪkˈskɹuːʃi.eɪtɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ɪkˈskɾɪʊʃi.eːtɪŋ/ (Wales) without the pane–pain merger
  • [əkˈskɹʉːʃi.æɪtɪŋ] (New-Zealand)
  • /ɪkˈskɹʉwʃɪjɛjtɪŋ/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ək-/ (General-American)

Etymology

Present participle of excruciate, from Latin excruciō, from ex- + cruciō (“to torment”).

Meanings

  1. Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing
    • Sagan faced an excruciating dilemma: Should he remain true to his naturalistic philosophy and reject the marrow graft as something acquired by immoral means? Or should he agree to undergo the medical treatment in hope of saving his life 2011, Charles Colson, Nancy Pearcey, How Now Shall We Live?:
  2. Exceedingly intense; extreme
    • When he at last opened his eyes, he was conscious of nothing but an excruciating pain through his temples. He was vaguely aware of unfamiliar surroundings. 1922, Agatha Christie, “Chapter 16”, in The Secret Adversary:

Forms

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most excruciating Degree=Sup lexicographic
more excruciating Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

superexcruciating · excruciatingly · unexcruciating

Relateds

cruciate · excruciate

Synonyms

searing · poignant · lacerating

Translations (35)

pl rozdzierający (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · tr feci (Very intense; extreme) · fr terrible (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · fr atroce (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · nl martelend (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · de quälend (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · tr yürek dağlayan (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · cy dirdynnol (Very intense; extreme) · es excruciante (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · ru мучи́тельный (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · nl extreem (Very intense; extreme) · hil búsug (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · es insoportable (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · fi musertava (Very intense; extreme) · gv ard-phianjagh (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · hy ծանր (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · cy dirdynnol (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · pt excruciante (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · fi sietämätön (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · nl ondraaglijk (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · de unerträglich (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · sv olidlig (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · nl intens (Very intense; extreme) · it lancinante (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · it straziante (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · es espantoso (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · la cruciabilis (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · de qualvoll (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · es insoportable (Very intense; extreme) · sv plågsam (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · it atroce (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · tr canhıraş (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · fi kiduttava (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · es lacerante (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing) · fr insoutenable (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)