excruciating

English

WOTD – 24 January 2007

Etymology

Present participle of excruciate, from Latin excruciō, from ex- + cruciō (“I torment”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛkˈskɹuːʃiːeɪtɪŋ/, /ɪkˈskɹuːsiːeɪtɪŋ/
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Adjective

excruciating (comparative more excruciating, superlative most excruciating)

Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing
- W. H. Ferry, (Can we date this quote?)
  the nation's most excruciating dilemma
Exceedingly intense; extreme

Derived terms

excruciatingly

Related terms

Translations

Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing

Armenian: ծանր (hy) (canr)
Dutch: martelend (nl),ondraaglijk (nl)
Finnish: kiduttava (fi), sietämätön (fi)
German: quälend (de), unerträglich (de), qualvoll (de)
Hiligaynon: búsug
Italian: atroce (it), straziante (it), lancinante (it), struggente (it), cruciale (it)
Manx: ard-phianjagh

Polish: rozdzierający m
Portuguese: excruciante
Russian: мучи́тельный (ru) (mučítelʹnyj)
Spanish: lacerante, atroz (es)
Swedish: olidlig (sv), plågsam (sv)
Turkish: canhıraş (tr), yürek dağlayan
Welsh: dirdynnol (cy)

Very intense; extreme

Dutch: extreem (nl), intens (nl)
Finnish: musertava
Spanish: terrible (es)

Turkish: feci (tr)
Welsh: dirdynnol (cy)

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