excruciating

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ex·cru·ci·at·ing

(ĭk-skro͞o′shē-ā′tĭng)

adj.

1. Intensely painful; agonizing.

2. Very intense or extreme: wrote with excruciating precision.

ex·cru′ci·at′ing·ly adv.

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excruciating

(ɪkˈskruːʃɪˌeɪtɪŋ)

adj

1. unbearably painful; agonizing

2. intense; extreme: he took excruciating pains to do it well.

3. informal irritating; trying

4. jocular very bad: an excruciating pun.

exˈcruciˌatingly adv

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ex•cru•ci•at•ing

(ɪkˈskru ʃiˌeɪ tɪŋ)

adj.

1. causing intense suffering; tormenting.

2. intense or extreme: excruciating pain.

[1655–65]

ex•cru′ci•at`ing•ly, adv.

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Adj.

excruciating - extremely painful

agonising, agonizing, harrowing, torturesome, torturing, torturous

painful - causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"

excruciating

adjective agonizing, acute, severe, extreme, burning, violent, intense, piercing, racking, searing, tormenting, exquisite, harrowing, unbearable, insufferable, torturous, unendurable I was in excruciating pain.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

excruciating

adjective

Extraordinarily painful or distressing:

agonizing, anguishing, harrowing, tormenting, torturous.

Translations

مُعَذِّب، مُبَرِّح

ulideliguudholdelig

quälend qualvoll

atroce

sársaukafullur, kveljandi

atroce straziante tormentoso

kankinantis

mokošs

ulidelig

büyük acı veren

剧烈疼痛的极痛苦的

excruciating

[ɪksˈkruːʃɪeɪtɪŋ] ADJ

1. [pain, suffering, noise] → atroz, insoportable

2. (= very bad) [film, speech, party] → horroroso

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

excruciating

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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

excruciating

adj

(lit: = unbearable) pain, noise, silence → unerträglich; cramp, headache also, sight, experience → fürchterlich, entsetzlich; death → qualvoll; I was in excruciating pain → ich hatte unerträgliche Schmerzen

(fig) experience, boredom → unerträglich; joke → entsetzlich; detail → schrecklich; an excruciating pun → ein entsetzlicher Kalauer

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

excruciating

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

excruciating

(ikˈskruːʃieitiŋ) adjective

causing extreme bodily or mental pain. an excruciating headache.

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