excruciating

Meanings

• Adjective

  Extremely painful or distressing.

  - "The patient's condition was excruciating after the surgery."
  - "The loss of a loved one can be an excruciating experience."

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Pronunciation

1. /ɛkˈskɹuːʃiːeɪtɪŋ/
   
   
   
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2. /ɛkˈskɹuːʃiːeɪtɪŋ/
   
   
   
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Rhymes

Words rhyming with excruciating
cruciating , excavating , inhibiting

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Variants

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excruciating , excruciatingly , excruciate , excruciated , excruciates , excruciation , excruciations

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Etymology

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From Latin excruciatus, past participle of excruciare ‘torment, torture’.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'excruciating' contains all five vowels.

2. In medical terminology, 'excruciating' is used to describe the most severe level of pain on a scale of 0 to 10.

3. The term 'excruciatingly' is often used to describe something that is tedious or unbearably long.

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Related Concepts

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1. Agony: A state of intense suffering or distress.

2. Torment: The act of causing intense pain or suffering to someone.

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Culture

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In literature, the term 'excruciating' is often used to describe intense pain or suffering, such as in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum' or Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'The Brothers Karamazov'. It has also been used metaphorically to describe emotional pain.

How to Memorize "excruciating"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person in extreme pain, writhing in agony. Imagine the intensity of their suffering.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'excruciating' with the feeling of intense pain or distress.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each word in 'Extreme Pain' to remember the definition of 'excruciating'.

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