excruciate
101hurt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. damage, pain, ache, injury, wound, bruise, offense; loss, harm; distress, grief. v. ache, pain, throb; injure, wound; damage, harm; offend, distress, grieve, bruise. See malevolence, deterioration,… …
102plague — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. affliction, woe, visitation; nuisance, pest; bane, scourge, curse; pestilence, disease, epidemic; bubonic plague, white or black death; cholera, tuberculosis, smallpox, typhoid, [Asian, etc. ] flu. v …
103rack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. strain, exert; torture, distress, torment, agonize. See thought, pain. n. single foot, pace; frame[work]; wheel, iron maiden; scud, broken clouds. See motion, cloudiness, support. II (Roget s IV) n …
104scourge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. whip, strap, belt, lash, horsewhip; punishment, curse, affliction, bane, nuisance, plague. v. t. whip, lash, flay, beat; punish, afflict, plague. See evil, badness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A whip] Syn …
105smite — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. strike, hit, cuff, pummel; affect, captivate, enamor, entrance; afflict. See impulse, feeling. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. strike, beat, belabor; see hit 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. strike,… …
106strike — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. hit, smite, beat, thump; give, deliver, deal; affect, touch, impress, occur to; blast; lower, take down; collide, bump; conclude, agree upon; attack; collide; walk out, quit, rebel, cancel; print. See …
107torment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. languish, distress; torture, agony, pain v. t. torture, distress, agonize, rack, afflict. See discontent, punishment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. agony, suffering, misery; see pain 1 , 2 , torture . v.… …
108agonize — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. anguish, struggle, writhe; see suffer 1 , worry 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. suffer, bleed, struggle, worry, fret, torture oneself, stew, lose sleep over, brood over, *sweat bullets, writhe, stay awake nights,… …
109excruciating — ex|cru|ci|at|ing [ıkˈskru:ʃieıtıŋ] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: excruciate to cause great pain to (16 21 centuries), from Latin excruciare, from cruciare to crucify , from crux cross ] 1.) extremely painful ▪ When I bend my arm, the pain is… …
110cringe (someone) — vb British to embarrass, discomfit or excruciate. A mainly middle class usage of the late 1980s. ► Would it cringe you too much if I used my [cell ]phone here? (Recorded, yuppie to companion in op era house bar, London, June 1988) …
