excruciating
[adjective]
Synonyms: agonizing, harrowing, insufferable, intense, piercing, severe, unbearable, violent

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Related Words: acute, extreme, piercing, sharp, shooting, stabbing, consuming, rending

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ex‧cru‧ci‧at‧ing /ɪkˈskruːʃieɪtɪŋ/ adjective
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: excruciate 'to cause great pain to' (16-21 centuries), from Latin excruciare, from cruciare 'to crucify', from crux 'cross']

1. extremely painful Synonym : painful:
When I bend my arm, the pain is excruciating.

2. if something is excruciating, it is extremely unpleasant, for example because it is boring or embarrassing Synonym : agonizing:
Helen described the events of the night before in excruciating detail.
—excruciatingly adverb:
His poetry is excruciatingly bad.

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