excruciating
adjective
ex·cru·ci·at·ing
ik-ˈskrü-shē-ˌā-tiŋ 
1
: causing great pain or anguish : agonizing
the nation's most excruciating dilemma—
W. H. Ferry
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: very intense : extreme
excruciating pain
Examples of excruciating in a Sentence
I have an excruciating headache.
an excruciating moment of embarrassment
They described their vacation in excruciating detail.
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Former New York Daily News reporter Frank Isola covered the Knicks for the hometown newspaper and remembers the slow and excruciating decay at Madison Square Garden.
—Mark Morales, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
My cancer had invaded my bones, causing excruciating pain.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
So doing press, talking about myself — it’s been excruciating.
—Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
After two years…of chemotherapy, immunotherapy and radiation therapy, of surgery, excruciating pain, the incredible amount of prescription drugs, and all the fervent prayers, my incredible, loving wife succumbed to the aggressive HER2 Triple-Negative breast cancer.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
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Mark Morales, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
My cancer had invaded my bones, causing excruciating pain.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
So doing press, talking about myself — it’s been excruciating.
—Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
After two years…of chemotherapy, immunotherapy and radiation therapy, of surgery, excruciating pain, the incredible amount of prescription drugs, and all the fervent prayers, my incredible, loving wife succumbed to the aggressive HER2 Triple-Negative breast cancer.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for excruciating
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“Excruciating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/excruciating. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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