'Excruciating' definitions:
Definition of 'excruciating'
From: WordNet
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]
Synonyms of 'excruciating'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute,
- afflictive,
- agonizing,
- atrocious,
- biting,
- consuming,
- cramping,
- cruel,
- desolating,
- distressful,
- distressing,
- exquisite,
- extreme,
- gnawing,
- grave,
- griping,
- hard,
- harrowing,
- harsh,
- heartbreaking,
- heartrending,
- heartsickening,
- heartwounding,
- hurtful,
- hurting,
- insufferable,
- intense,
- keen,
- painful,
- paroxysmal,
- piercing,
- poignant,
- pungent,
- racking,
- rending,
- severe,
- sharp,
- shooting,
- spasmatic,
- spasmic,
- spasmodic,
- stabbing,
- stinging,
- tearing,
- tormenting,
- torturing,
- torturous,
- unbearable,
- unendurable,
- vivid