excruciation
Americannoun
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the act of excruciating. excruciating.
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the state of being excruciated.
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an instance of this; torture.
Etymology
Origin of excruciation
1610–20; < Late Latin excruciātiōn- (stem of excruciātiō )
Example Sentences
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Every time she talks it’s pure excruciation, and she never stops talking.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
No, it also offered a vivid glimpse of excruciation, if that’s your thing.
From Washington Post • May 19, 2019
BONGPYEONG, South Korea — For Maggie Voisin, four years of waiting had distilled into 20 minutes of excruciation, of watching one skier after the next fall out of the sky and then wondering.
From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2018
It’s no surprise that she’s a big fan of Larry David, the master of social excruciation.
From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2016
His calves were before me; and I waited in excruciation for discovery.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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