excruciating

Meaning

1. Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing
2. Exceedingly intense; extreme

Synonyms

agonizing

painful

agonising

torturous

tormenting

torturesome

torturing

unbearable

intolerable

harrowing

insufferable

odious

overwhelming

poignant

powerful

provoking

terrible

unendurable

unsufferable

unsupportable

vituperative

withering

wrenching

grueling

afflictive

gruelling

agonised

daunting

devastating

devouring

grueling

gruelling

horrific

insupportable

maddening

obnoxious

Translations

straziante

atroce

atroce

atroz

quälend

navrant

tormentoso

angustioso

😧

ondraaglijk

terrible

qualvoll

accablant

agonisant

verdugo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛkˈskɹuːʃiːeɪtɪŋ/

Etymology

Present participle of excruciate, from Latin excruciō, from ex- + cruciō (“I torment”).