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EXCRUCIATINGLY

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ex⋅cru⋅ci⋅at⋅ing

  [ik-skroo-shee-ey-ting]
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–adjective
1. extremely painful; causing intense suffering; unbearably distressing; torturing: an excruciating noise; excruciating pain.
2. exceedingly elaborate or intense; extreme: done with excruciating care.
Origin:
1655–65; excruciate + -ing 2

Related forms:
ex⋅cru⋅ci⋅at⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. unbearable, insufferable, unendurable, agonizing, racking.
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ex·cru·ci·at·ing   (ĭk-skrōō'shē-ā'tĭng)   
adj.  

  1. Intensely painful; agonizing.

  2. Very intense or extreme: wrote with excruciating precision.

ex·cru'ci·at'ing·ly adv.
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