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excruciating Definition

ex·cru·ci·at·ing (--āt′iŋ)

adjective

  1. causing intense physical or mental pain; agonizing
  2. intense or extreme with excruciating attention to detail

excruciating Related Forms
ex·cru·ci·at′·ingly adverb
excruciating Synonyms

excruciating

modif.

excruciating Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • agony: During his seven years in detention, he was forced to hang in a crucifix position for hours in excruciating agony.
  • pain: The night we got Louis back, I suffered the most excruciating pain of my life, which began during a feed.
  • death: Historic Note Jesus was 33 years old when He died an excruciating death by crucifixion.
  • detail: The results, in excruciating detail, are posted on the Web.
  • experience: Tony Lloyd now cheerfully recalls what must have been an excruciating experience.
  • torture: This oven gave a slow excruciating torture and they eventually all died.

Modifying Another Word

  • often: Let the music wash over you, reflect, relax, pray, etc. Sung evensong in many small parish churches is often excruciating.
  • so: As she scrutinizes the menu, it becomes so excruciating to choose between her favorites that we negotiate a deal to split everything.
  • absolutely: Listening to him eulogize over a player he couldn't have cared less about a week ago was absolutely excruciating.
  • sometimes: Marx's delivery is honest and unaffected, making heavy use of letters and e-mails that he reads in sometimes excruciating detail.
  • almost: Mr Rusch has produced a well written, well researched story, with almost excruciating detail.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: And in the final scenes, the dramatic tension becomes excruciating.

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