excruciating

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)

1. Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing
   • W. H. Ferry, (Can we date this quote?)

     the nation's most excruciating dilemma

2. Exceedingly intense; extreme

Derived terms

• excruciatingly

Related terms

• cruciate
• excruciate

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)