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
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
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012