Excruciating

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  • adjective. Intensely painful; agonizing.
  • adjective. Very intense or extreme.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Extremely painful; torturing; tormenting.
  • Extremely precise or elaborate; extreme: as, excruciating politeness.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • Torturing; racking.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing
  • adjective. Exceedingly intense; extreme
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  • adjective. extremely painful
    • Word Usage
    "His friend, Reverend Jesse Jackson, says the pop star is in what he termed excruciating pain and anxious about the verdict."
    Equivalent
    painful  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    acutest  agonize  convulsive  debilitate  frightful  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    acute  afflictive  agonizing  atrocious  biting  
    verb-stem
    excruciate  
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