Synonyms for excruciating
ɪkˈskru ʃiˌeɪ tɪŋex·cru·ci·at·ing

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1. agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesomeadjective

   extremely painful

   Synonyms:
   harrowing, torturing, agonising, torturesome, torturous, agonizing

   Antonyms:
   painless

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1. excruciatingadjective

   Synonyms:
   torturing, tormenting, very painful

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1. List of paraphrases for "excruciating":

   atrocious, awful

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1. Elizabeth Smart:

   Lois has been a loyal wife, and extraordinary mother, who has had to endure an impossible part of this journey. I deeply regret the excruciating pain this has caused her. my parents taught me as a young child that they would love me unconditionally no matter what happened.

2. Model Lauren Wasser:

   I'm in excruciating pain every day.

3. Lauret Savoy:

   I’ve struggled to find a word that could hold in its meaning both the attack and my experience of it. The closest I found is this: ‘severe or excruciating pain or suffering (of body or mind); anguish, agony, torment; the infliction of such.’ This is a definition of torture, for four hours I experienced literal torture of body and of mind, not knowing if I would survive the next minute—yet needing to find some way to save my life.

4. Austin Butler:

   The next day [after filming wrapped] I woke up at 4 in the morning with excruciating pain, and I was rushed to hospital, my body just started shutting down the day after I finished ‘Elvis.’.

5. Coast Guard:

   The decision to suspend was excruciating and gut-wrenching.