Tom has been in excruciating pain.
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Excruciating
//ɛkˈskɹuːʃiːeɪtɪŋ//
Synonyms for "excruciating" (65 found)
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3 entriesetymologically related_to
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7 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
40 translations across 16 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ծանր adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
Dutch
4 entries- extreem adj (Very intense; extreme)
- intens adj (Very intense; extreme)
- martelend adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
- ondraaglijk adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
Finnish
3 entries- kiduttava adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
- musertava adj (Very intense; extreme)
- sietämätön adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
French
3 entries- atroce adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
- insoutenable adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
- terrible adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
German
3 entries- qualvoll adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
- quälend adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
- unerträglich adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- búsug adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
Italian
3 entries- atroce adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
- lancinante adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
- straziante adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
Latin
1 entries- cruciabilis adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
Manx
1 entries- ard-phianjagh adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
Polish
1 entries- rozdzierający adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
Portuguese
1 entries- excruciante adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
Russian
1 entries- мучи́тельный adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
Spanish
4 entries- agonizante adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
- atroz adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
- atroz adj (Very intense; extreme)
- espantoso adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
Swedish
2 entries- olidlig adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
- plågsam adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
Turkish
3 entries- canhıraş adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
- feci adj (Very intense; extreme)
- yürek dağlayan adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
Welsh
2 entries- dirdynnol adj (Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing)
- dirdynnol adj (Very intense; extreme)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Listening to the orator's incoherent ramblings was excruciating.
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It was excruciating.
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You discovered my biggest weakness: excruciating pain.
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