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What (who) is excruciating - definition
excruciating
1.
If you describe something as excruciating, you are emphasizing that it is extremely painful, either physically or emotionally.
I was in excruciating pain and one leg wouldn't move...
= unbearable
ADJ [emphasis]
• excruciatingly
He found the transition to boarding school excruciatingly painful...
ADV: usu ADV adj, also ADV after v
2.
If you describe something as excruciating, you mean that it is very unpleasant to experience, for example because it is very boring or embarrassing.
Meanwhile, the boredom is excruciating...
There was a moment of excruciating silence.
ADJ
• excruciatingly
The dialogue is excruciatingly embarrassing.
ADV: usu ADV adj, also ADV with v
excruciating
¦ adjective
1. intensely painful.
2. very embarrassing, awkward, or tedious.
Derivatives
excruciatingly adverb
excruciating
a.
Torturing, tormenting, agonizing, very painful.
Examples of use of excruciating
1. His footage contains some excruciating sequences.
2. Kidney stones do cause shortterm excruciating pain.
3. It is the most excruciating two hours of my life.
4. There‘s a chance it will be less excruciating that way.
5. "It must have been excruciating for you all to watch so you can imagine how excruciating it must have been for me to play that.