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
Trans rights campaigners Translucent say that for many trans people the debate is "excruciatingly difficult", that these cases are rare and when rights "clash" then that needs to be handled in a proportionate way.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 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
There was another noise to attend to now, a deep grumbling noise, as though the forest itself were angry with him, a somber noise across which the ululations were scribbled excruciatingly as on slate.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
