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excruciating

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ex·cru·ci·at·ing  (k-skrsh-tng)
adj.
1. Intensely painful; agonizing.
2. Very intense or extreme: wrote with excruciating precision.

ex·cruci·ating·ly adv.

excruciating [ɪkˈskruːʃɪˌeɪtɪŋ]
adj
1. unbearably painful; agonizing
2. intense; extreme he took excruciating pains to do it well
3. Informal irritating; trying
4. Humorous very bad an excruciating pun
excruciatingly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.excruciatingexcruciating - extremely painful                    
painful - causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"

excruciating
Translations
excruciating [ɪksˈkruːʃɪeɪtɪŋ] ADJ
1. [pain, suffering, noise] → atroz, insoportable
2. (= very bad) [film, speech, party] → horroroso

excruciating [ɪkˈskruːʃieɪtɪŋ] adj [pain] → atroce; [boredom] → insupportable; [silence] → insupportable

excruciating
adj
(lit: = unbearable) pain, noise, silenceunerträglich; cramp, headache also, sight, experiencefürchterlich, entsetzlich; deathqualvoll; I was in excruciating painich hatte unerträgliche Schmerzen
(fig) experience, boredomunerträglich; jokeentsetzlich; detailschrecklich; an excruciating punein entsetzlicher Kalauer

excruciating [ɪksˈkruːʃɪˌeɪtɪŋ] adj (pain, suffering) (fam) (film) → atroce; (noise) → insopportabile
excruciating [ɪksˈkruːʃɪˌeɪtɪŋ] adj (pain, suffering) (fam) (film) → atroce; (noise) → insopportabile

excruciating
adj excruciating [ikˈskruːʃieitiŋ]
causing extreme bodily or mental pain an excruciating headache. ondraaglike مُعَذِّب، مُبَرِّح мъчителен krutý uudholdelig; ulidelig qualvoll βασανιστικός, φρικτός atroz, insoportable piinav جانگداز؛ طاقت فرسا tuskallinen atroce מְיָיסֶר अत्यंत दुखदाई bolan, mučan kínzó sakit sekali sársaukafullur, kveljandi atroce ひどく苦しい 심한 고통을 주는 kankinantis (par sāpēm) mokošs sakit sekali martelend ulidelig, uutholdelig, pinefull dręczący torturante/lancinante groaznic мучительный krutý, úsporný zelo hud, mučen mučan olidlig เจ็บปวดมาก büyük acı veren 劇烈的(痛疼), 極痛苦的 болісний, нестерпний شدید اذيت ناک nhức nhối ),


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Even the turning of his head caused him such excruciating agony that he lay still with closed eyes for a long time.
Drowsiness was irresistibly mastering him, but he kept awake kept awake by an excruciating pain in his arm, for which he could find no satisfactory position.
 
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