EXCRUCIATING Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the word excruciating. (close relations)
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| agonizing | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • extremely painful | ||||||
| brutal | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering • punishingly harsh • resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility • disagreeably direct and precise | ||||||
| extreme | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • the furthest or highest degree of something • the point located farthest from the middle of something adjective satellite • of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity • far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree • beyond a norm in views or actions • most distant in any direction | ||||||
| grueling | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | ||||||
| harrowing | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • extremely painful | ||||||
| insufferable | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • unbearably arrogant or conceited • too extreme to bear | ||||||
| intense | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree adjective satellite • extremely sharp or severe • (of color) having the highest saturation | ||||||
| painful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • causing physical or psychological pain adjective satellite • causing misery or pain or distress • exceptionally bad or displeasing • causing physical discomfort | ||||||
| severe | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality • very strong or vigorous • severely simple • unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm • very bad in degree or extent | ||||||
| tortuous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious • marked by repeated turns and bends • not straightforward | ||||||
| torturing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason adjective satellite • extremely painful | ||||||
| torturous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • extremely painful | ||||||
| unbearable | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • incapable of being tolerated or endured | ||||||
| unendurable | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • incapable of being tolerated or endured | ||||||
| tormenting | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • unbearable physical pain • extreme mental distress • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented • a severe affliction • the act of harassing someone verb • torment emotionally or mentally • treat cruelly • subject to torture | ||||||
| torment | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • unbearable physical pain • extreme mental distress • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented • a severe affliction • the act of harassing someone verb • torment emotionally or mentally • treat cruelly • subject to torture | ||||||
| torture | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • extreme mental distress • unbearable physical pain • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean • the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason verb • torment emotionally or mentally • subject to torture | ||||||
| rack | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton • the destruction or collapse of something • an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims • a support for displaying ot holding various articles • a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body • a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately verb • go at a rack • stretch to the limits • put on a rack and pinion • obtain by coercion or intimidation • run before a gale • fly in high wind • draw off from the lees • torment emotionally or mentally • work on a rack • seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block • place in a rack • torture on the rack | ||||||
