excruciating+pain

  • 21excruciating — adjective 1 extremely painful, so that you are unable to move or do something: When I bend my arm the pain is excruciating. 2 extremely unpleasant, because it is boring, embarrassing, or sad: Helena described the events of the night before in… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22Excruciating — Excruciate Ex*cru ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excruciated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excruciating}.] To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body. [1913 Webster] Their thoughts, like… …

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  • 23excruciating — adjective /ɛkˈskruːʃiːeɪtɪŋ,ɪkˈskruːsiːeɪtɪŋ,ɪkˈskruːʃiːeɪtɪŋ,ɛkˈskruːʃiːeɪtɪŋ/ a) Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing the nations most excruciating dilemma W. H. Ferry b) Exceedingly intense; extreme See Also: cruciat …

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  • 24excruciating — adj. Excruciating is used with these nouns: ↑agony, ↑detail, ↑pain …

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  • 25excruciating — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. torturing, painful, agonizing, racking, acute. See pain. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. agonizing, tormenting, intense, unbearable; see intolerable , painful 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …

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  • 26excruciating — ex cru·ci·at·ing || tɪŋ adj. causing extreme suffering, agonizing, terribly distressing ex·cru·ci·ate || ɪk skruːʃɪeɪt v. inflict severe pain upon; torture; irritate greatly …

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  • 27excruciating — adj agonizing, tortuous, torturing, racking, wringing, painful; (all of pain) raw, sharp, cutting, acute, severe, intense, insufferable, unbearable, unendurable; anguishing, distressing, poignant, afflictive, plaguing, harrowing, rending;… …

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  • 28excruciating — [ɪkˈskruːʃiˌeɪtɪŋ] adj causing extreme physical pain excruciatingly adv …

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  • 29Physical Pain — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Physical Pain >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 pain pain Sgm: N 1 suffering suffering suffrance Sgm: N 1 bodily pain bodily pain physical pain bodily suffering physical suffering body pain Sgm: N 1 mental suffering …

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  • 30Schmidt Sting Pain Index — The Schmidt Sting Pain Index or the Justin O. Schmidt Pain Index is a pain scale rating the relative pain caused by different Hymenopteran stings. It is mainly the work of Justin O. Schmidt, an entomologist at the Carl Hayden Bee Research Center …

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