excruciation

[ik-skroo-shee-ey-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of excruciating. excruciating.

2. the state of being excruciated.

3. an instance of this; torture.

Word History and Origins

Origin of excruciation¹

1610–20; < Late Latin excruciātiōn- (stem of excruciātiō )

Related Words

• affliction 
• agony 
• anguish 
• misery 
• pain 
• persecution 
• suffering 
• torture