excruciating
adjective
[ ɪkˈskruːʃɪeɪtɪŋ ]
• intensely painful.
• "excruciating back pain"
Similar:
agonizing,
extremely painful,
severe,
acute,
intense,
extreme,
savage,
violent,
racking,
searing,
piercing,
stabbing,
raging,
harrowing,
tormenting,
grievous,
dreadful,
awful,
terrible,
unbearable,
unendurable,
more than one can bear,
splitting,
thumping,
pounding,
killing,
exquisite,
excruciate
verb
• torment (someone) physically or mentally.
• "I stand back, excruciated by the possibility"
Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin excruciat- ‘tormented’, from the verb excruciare (based on crux, cruc- ‘a cross’).
