[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

excruciate \excru"ciate\, 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 devils, them excruciate.
                                                  --drayton.
   1913 webster
see also:
excruciated excruciating 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

excruciating \excru"cia`ting\
   torturing; racking. "excruciating pain." --v. knox.
   "excruciating fears." --bentley -- excru"cia`tingly,
   adv.
   1913 webster
see also:
excru"cia`tingly 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

excruciating
     adj : extremely painful syn: agonizing, agonising, harrowing,
            torturing, torturous, torturesome
see also:
agonizing agonising harrowing torturing torturous torturesome 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

50 moby thesaurus words for "excruciating":
   acute, afflictive, agonizing, atrocious, biting, consuming,
   cramping, cruel, desolating, distressful, distressing, exquisite,
   extreme, gnawing, grave, griping, hard, harrowing, harsh,
   heartbreaking, heartrending, heartsickening, heartwounding,
   hurtful, hurting, insufferable, intense, keen, painful, paroxysmal,
   piercing, poignant, pungent, racking, rending, severe, sharp,
   shooting, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, stabbing, stinging,
   tearing, tormenting, torturing, torturous, unbearable, unendurable,
   vivid

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