excruciatingadj.

/ɛkˈskruːʃɪeɪtɪŋ/

Etymology: < excruciate v. + -ing suffix².

a. That excruciates or causes extreme pain or anguish, whether bodily or mental; tormenting, torturing, agonizing. Const. to.

ΘΚΠ

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

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity xx. 75 The excruciating fear of a worse then Pagan Purgatory.

1770 O. Goldsmith Life Bolingbroke in Misc. Wks. (1895) 467/2 A cancer in his cheek, by which excruciating disease he died.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1756 I. 173 That most difficult and excruciating question, the Origin of Evil.

1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism vi. 179 Excruciating deaths; especially empalement or crucifixion.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxiii. 161 The biting of the hydrocarbons was excruciating to the eyes.

b. hyperbolically, in humorous use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious > extremely annoying

excruciating1819

1819 T. Campbell Specimens Brit. Poets III. 2 He [Drayton] is a less excruciating hunter of conceits [than Cowley].

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 348 Blunders in sense and sound, that were excruciating to an author's ears.

1865 M. E. Braddon Only a Clod i. 6 If there's one thing in the world that's more excruciating than another, it's that fellow's cheerfulness.

1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 26 An excruciating chorus having been performed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	excruciating
释义	excruciatingadj. /ɛkˈskruːʃɪeɪtɪŋ/ Etymology: < excruciate v. + -ing suffix². a. That excruciates or causes extreme pain or anguish, whether bodily or mental; tormenting, torturing, agonizing. Const. to. ΘΚΠ 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 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity xx. 75 The excruciating fear of a worse then Pagan Purgatory. 1770 O. Goldsmith Life Bolingbroke in Misc. Wks. (1895) 467/2 A cancer in his cheek, by which excruciating disease he died. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1756 I. 173 That most difficult and excruciating question, the Origin of Evil. 1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism vi. 179 Excruciating deaths; especially empalement or crucifixion. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxiii. 161 The biting of the hydrocarbons was excruciating to the eyes. b. hyperbolically, in humorous use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious > extremely annoying excruciating1819 1819 T. Campbell Specimens Brit. Poets III. 2 He [Drayton] is a less excruciating hunter of conceits [than Cowley]. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 348 Blunders in sense and sound, that were excruciating to an author's ears. 1865 M. E. Braddon Only a Clod i. 6 If there's one thing in the world that's more excruciating than another, it's that fellow's cheerfulness. 1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 26 An excruciating chorus having been performed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.1664
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