Excruciating Definition

ĭk-skro͝oshē-ātĭng
adjective
Intensely painful; agonizing.
American Heritage
Causing intense physical or mental pain; agonizing.
Webster's New World
Intense or extreme.
With excruciating attention to detail.
Webster's New World

Origin of Excruciating

  • Present participle of excruciate, from Latin excruciātus, past participle of excruciō, from ex- + cruciō "I torment".

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