Synonyms for Excruciating:
adj.
•painful (adjective)grievous, Cramping, disagreeable, distressful, inflaming, burdensome, biting, aggravating, crushing, stabbing, Torturing., stinging, painful, hurtful, insufferable, irritating, piercing, withering, Irksome, woeful, chafing, anguishing, tormenting, offensive, grueling, odious, oppressive, severe, miserable, trying, unpleasant, horrendous, sore, cutting, throbbing, harrowing, uncomfortable, smarting, wrenching, Besetting, agonizing, cruel, aching, acute, arduous, unbearable, bitter, troublesome, bothersome, annoying, Gnawing.
•torturous, painful (adjective)
insufferable, burning, stabbing, intense, torturesome, harrowing, unbearable, agonizing, acute, piercing, tormenting, grueling, severe.
n.
bad, achy, chronic, burning, angry, crippling, chapped. thorough, utter, unspeakable, pain, such as it is, hopelessly, sorry, utterly, sadly, downright. •agonizing (noun)intense, intolerable.
•excruciating (noun)
harrowing, agonising, torturous, painful, agonizing, Torturing., torturesome.
Other synonyms:
hopelessly. sadly, unspeakable, sorry. •Other relevant words:
chronic, chapped, thorough, intense, utterly, burning, intolerable, agonising, angry, pain, sadly, bad, achy, crippling, unspeakable, utter, downright, sorry, torturous, hopelessly, torturesome.
Usage examples for excruciating
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It is these great men who have turned aside many excruciating sufferings from humanity; it is these grand men who have bestowed a better lot on so many human beings. – The Pros and Cons of Vivisection by Charles Richet Commentator: W. D. Halliburton
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The expectant mother in the later months of pregnancy awkwardly turns in bed, is suddenly awakened and without a moment's warning, is seized with a most excruciating pain in her leg or toe. – The Mother and Her Child by William S. Sadler Lena K. Sadler