excruciating

[ ik-skroo-shee-ey-ting ]
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adjective
  1. extremely painful; causing intense suffering; unbearably distressing; torturing: an excruciating noise;excruciating pain.

  2. exceedingly elaborate or intense; extreme: done with excruciating care.

Origin of excruciating

1
First recorded in 1655–65; excruciat(e) + -ing2

Other words for excruciating

Other words from excruciating

  • ex·cru·ci·at·ing·ly, adverb
  • un·ex·cru·ci·at·ing, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for excruciating

excruciating

/ (ɪkˈskruːʃɪˌeɪtɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. unbearably painful; agonizing

  2. intense; extreme: he took excruciating pains to do it well

  1. informal irritating; trying

  2. jocular very bad: an excruciating pun

Derived forms of excruciating

  • excruciatingly, adverb

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