'Excruciating' definitions:

Definition of 'excruciating'

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adjective
Extremely painful [syn: agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome]

Definition of 'Excruciating'

From: GCIDE
  • Excruciate \Ex*cru"ci*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excruciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Excruciating.] To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body. [1913 Webster]
  • Their thoughts, like devils, them excruciate. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Excruciating'

From: GCIDE
  • Excruciating \Ex*cru"ci*a`ting\ Torturing; racking. "Excruciating pain." --V. Knox. "Excruciating fears." --Bentley -- {Ex*cru"ci*a`ting*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]

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