Excruciating
[ɪk'skruːʃɪeɪtɪŋ] or [ɪk'skruʃɪetɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Excruciate
(-) Torturing; racking.
Typed by Jack
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Torturing, tormenting, very painful.
Typed by Carla
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See EXCRUCIATE]
Typist: Penelope
Examples
- Even the turning of his head caused him such excruciating agony that he lay still with closed eyes for a long time. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- These she began to thrust into the image in all directions, with apparently excruciating energy. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Soon all were asleep; but long before morning first one and then another of our party began to cry out with excruciating pain in the eyes. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- No word of complaint passed his tight set lips, though the pain of his wounds was excruciating. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Typist: Penelope