excruciating
[ik-skroo-shee-ey-ting]
- extremely painful; causing intense suffering; unbearably distressing; torturing: an excruciating noise; excruciating pain.
- exceedingly elaborate or intense; extreme: done with excruciating care.
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Origin of excruciating
Synonyms
See more synonyms for excruciating on Thesaurus.com1. unbearable, insufferable, unendurable, agonizing, racking.
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Examples from the Web for excruciatingly
Contemporary Examples
The rapper will.i.am was one such panelist, forced upon Gregory for an excruciatingly awkward roundtable segment.
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December 23, 2014
The journey was excruciatingly long for the establishmentarians and cost them more than they ever anticipated.
But when Westboro came to town, they made it excruciatingly clear what hate really looked like.
In the case of the excruciatingly slow-growing red abalone, this could be ten to twelve years.
Christine Pelisek on the excruciatingly slow march to justice.
The Grim Sleeper’s Trial Is Moving at Snail’s Pace, and Victims’ Families Are FuriousChristine Pelisek
March 21, 2013
Historical Examples
Why is she so excruciatingly beautiful that I cannot be angry with her, even now?'
The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas NicklebyCharles Dickens
Natt's face was excruciatingly ridiculous, and Paul laughed at the sight of it.
A Son of HagarSir Hall Caine
To them the incident was excruciatingly funny, and they burst into loud laughter.
The Scarlet PlagueJack London
Sometimes he is excruciatingly funny, and then he disgusts me.
The Light of the StarHamlin Garland
And Miss Green, it must be admitted, was excruciatingly funny.
The Girl from the Big Horn CountryMary Ellen Chase
excruciating
- unbearably painful; agonizing
- intense; extremehe took excruciating pains to do it well
- informal irritating; trying
- jocular very badan excruciating pun
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Word Origin and History for excruciatingly
excruciating
adj.
1590s, present participle adjective from excruciate. Related: Excruciatingly.
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