EXCRUCIATING Meaning of EXCRUCIATING in English [ex.cru.ci.at.ing] adj (1599) 1: causing great pain or anguish: agonizing "the nation's most ~ dilemma --W. H. Ferry" 2: very intense: extreme "~ pain" -- ex.cru.ci.at.ing.ly adv Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012