† cruciableadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Excruciating, racking.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > relating to agony or torment > causing agony or torment
sharpc1000
grievousc1290
smartc1300
fellc1330
unsufferablea1340
keena1375
poignantc1390
rending?c1400
furiousc1405
stoutc1425
unbearablec1449
agonizing1570
tormenting1575
cruciable1578
raging1590
tormentuous1597
pungent1598
racking1598
acute1615
wrenching1618
excruciating1664
grinding1681
excruciate1773
discruciating1788
unendurable1801
of bare sufferance1823
perialgic1893
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 6v His continuall cruciable payne, and capitall dolour.
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 13v Such cruciable tormentes of Rheumaticke incursions.
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