Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Intensely painful; agonizing.
- adjective Very intense or extreme.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Extremely painful; torturing; tormenting.
- Extremely precise or elaborate; extreme: as, excruciating politeness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Torturing; racking.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Causing great
pain oranguish ,agonizing - adjective Exceedingly
intense ;extreme
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective extremely painful
Etymologies
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Examples
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His friend, Reverend Jesse Jackson, says the pop star is in what he termed excruciating pain and anxious about the verdict.
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In light of the recent PowerPoint compiled by a Duke student, chronicling her sexual exploits in excruciating detail, I realized that she left out one contender: Duke lacrosse player Sam Mallard.
Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: The Duke Duck List Meredith Fineman 2010
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Anyway, the four guys tell each other in excruciating detail about all the women they want to have sex with, and exactly what kinds of sexual activities they'd like to engage in with each of these women.
Kate Fridkis: Not Every Man Wants to Have Sex With Every Woman Kate Fridkis 2010
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In light of the recent PowerPoint compiled by a Duke student, chronicling her sexual exploits in excruciating detail, I realized that she left out one contender: Duke lacrosse player Sam Mallard.
Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: The Duke Duck List Meredith Fineman 2010
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In light of the recent powerpoint compiled by a Duke student, chronicling her sexual exploits in excruciating detail, I realized that she left out one contender: Duke Lacrosse player Sam Mallard.
Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: The Duke Duck List Meredith Fineman 2010
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I sat two 3-hour written exams, ending up physically exhausted and in excruciating pain.
Loosen Up Your Writing Grip To Banish Pain | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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I'm going to want to tell you about it in excruciating detail, that's what.
Well. SoFloBoJo 2009
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In light of the recent PowerPoint compiled by a Duke student, chronicling her sexual exploits in excruciating detail, I realized that she left out one contender: Duke Lacrosse player Sam Mallard.
Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: The Duke Duck List Meredith Fineman 2010
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I'm going to want to tell you about it in excruciating detail, that's what.
Archive 2009-12-01 SoFloBoJo 2009
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In light of the recent PowerPoint compiled by a Duke student, chronicling her sexual exploits in excruciating detail, I realized that she left out one contender: Duke Lacrosse player Sam Mallard.
Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: The Duke Duck List Meredith Fineman 2010
cosmican commented on the word excruciating
extremely painful / uncomfortable
November 20, 2007
yarb commented on the word excruciating
Present Pain Intensity (PPI) intensity scale:
No Pain, Mild, Discomforting, Distressing, Horrible, Excruciating.
- Peter Reading, C, 1984
July 4, 2008
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word excruciating
There is something about killing people at close range that is excruciating. It's bound to try a man's soul.
Steven Spielberg
July 19, 2009