EXCRUCIATING


Meaning of EXCRUCIATING in English

adj.

Function: adjective

Date: 1599

1 : causing great pain or anguish : AGONIZING <the nation's most excruciating dilemma ― W. H. Ferry>

2 : very intense : EXTREME < excruciating pain>

– ex · cru · ci · at · ing · ly \ - ˌ ā -ti ŋ -l ē \ adverb

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