excruciating
adjective
extremely painful; causing intense suffering; unbearably distressing; torturing: excruciating pain.
excruciatingly
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a word derived from
excruciating.
Example Sentences
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Prosser told AFP she will attend the hearing and spoke of the excruciatingly painful three years since her son's death on March 30, 2023.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Gold eluded her at every turn, by excruciatingly small margins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
In its review, The Times described “Horizon” as “a massive boondoggle, a misguided and excruciatingly tedious cinematic experience.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
In the summer it became "excruciatingly" hot inside the plant and his shifts lasted 12 hours.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
Other parts we have to crawl at an excruciatingly slow pace, because of rocks bulldozed into five-foot berms, intentionally formed into a maze designed to direct the flow of water.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
