excruciating
11excruciating — ex|cru|ci|at|ing [ ık skruʃi,eıtıŋ ] adjective 1. ) causing extreme physical pain: I tried to move my leg, but the pain was excruciating. She suffered from excruciating headaches. 2. ) used for emphasizing how bad something is: a moment of… …
12excruciating — UK [ɪkˈskruːʃɪˌeɪtɪŋ] / US [ɪkˈskruʃɪˌeɪtɪŋ] adjective 1) causing extreme physical pain I tried to move my leg, but the pain was excruciating. She suffered from excruciating headaches. 2) used for emphasizing how bad something is a moment of… …
13excruciating — adjective Date: 1599 1. causing great pain or anguish ; agonizing < the nation s most excruciating dilemma W. H. Ferry > 2. very intense ; extreme < excruciating pain > • excruciatingly adverb …
14excruciating — adjective 1 extremely painful, so that you are unable to move or do something: When I bend my arm the pain is excruciating. 2 extremely unpleasant, because it is boring, embarrassing, or sad: Helena described the events of the night before in… …
15Excruciating — Excruciate Ex*cru ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excruciated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excruciating}.] To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body. [1913 Webster] Their thoughts, like… …
16excruciating — adjective /ɛkˈskruːʃiːeɪtɪŋ,ɪkˈskruːsiːeɪtɪŋ,ɪkˈskruːʃiːeɪtɪŋ,ɛkˈskruːʃiːeɪtɪŋ/ a) Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing the nations most excruciating dilemma W. H. Ferry b) Exceedingly intense; extreme See Also: cruciat …
17excruciating — adj. Excruciating is used with these nouns: ↑agony, ↑detail, ↑pain …
18excruciating — adjective excruciating pain Syn: agonizing, severe, acute, intense, violent, racking, searing, piercing, stabbing, raging; unbearable, unendurable; informal splitting, killing …
19excruciating — ex•cru•ci•at•ing [[t]ɪkˈskru ʃiˌeɪ tɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) causing intense suffering; tormenting 2) intense or extreme: excruciating pain[/ex] • Etymology: 1655–65 ex•cru′ci•at ing•ly, adv …
20excruciating — Synonyms and related words: acute, afflictive, agonizing, atrocious, biting, consuming, cramping, cruel, desolating, distressful, distressing, exquisite, extreme, gnawing, grave, griping, hard, harrowing, harsh, heartbreaking, heartrending,… …
