excruciation

noun

Definition of excruciationnext
as in agony
a state of great suffering of body or mind had never experienced such excruciation as when he contracted shingles

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  1. agony
  2. distress
  3. pain
  4. misery
  5. anguish
  6. discomfort
Noun
  • His experiences at Fuchu Prison left him with frostbite, screaming in agony, after being exposed to sub-zero temperatures during 20 days in solitary confinement.
    — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
  • What began as a blissful afternoon in the Florida sun ended in agony when a Jeep Wrangler suddenly barreled over a man lying on the beach, police said.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Definition of agony
Noun
  • Kahle said that includes providing resources to participants for whom sharing experiences of intimate partner violence may cause trauma or mental health distress.
    — Rae Ellen Bichell and Rachana Pradhan, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Costa Rican officials have disputed reports by the country’s Ombudsman’s Office that the deportees arrived in Costa Rica in visible distress and that authorities failed to guarantee proper conditions for arriving deportees.
    — Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Definition of distress
Noun
  • In a lengthy interview with The Daily Mail, Moran's friend, Terry Stone, told the outlet that Moran's girlfriend was the one to encourage him to seek medical help after the actor was experiencing neck pain.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • This not only reduces the immediate emotional pain, but also rebuilds your internal resource pool that no longer needs to be devoted to maintaining the relationship.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Definition of pain
Noun
  • Life was good, especially after the last three seasons of misery, when games at this time of year were meaningless aside from their impact on the draft lottery.
    — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
  • For civilians, the unrelenting misery of the last 18 months has just got a lot worse – especially as no aid has entered Gaza for six weeks.
    — Tim Lister and Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2025
Definition of misery
Noun
  • But Season 2, by leaning so far into its characters’ anguish, has become more circular and suffocating in its storytelling.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Coogler attempts to out-scare Jordan Peele’s Get Out, using horror tropes to match the anguish expressed by the blues.
    — Armond White, National Review, 18 Apr. 2025
Definition of anguish
Noun
  • And of course, a system that has operated in darkness for decades will feel discomfort as it is moved into the light.
    — Chris Alexander, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Yes Yes Sensitive or loose teeth No Yes Receding gum line No Yes Pain or discomfort while chewing Rarely Sometimes Differences While both conditions are forms of the same type of disease, there are some key differences between gingivitis and periodontitis.
    — Cristina Mutchler, Health, 12 Apr. 2025
Definition of discomfort
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