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excruciating

/ik-skroo-shee-ey-ting/US // ɪkˈskru ʃiˌeɪ tɪŋ //UK // (ɪkˈskruːʃɪˌeɪtɪŋ) //

苦不堪言,痛苦不堪的,令人痛苦的,痛苦不堪

Related Words

unbearable难以忍受,不堪忍受,难以忍受的,难受grueling艰巨的,艰苦的,艰难的,艰辛acute急性,急症,急性病,急剧searing灼热的,炙热的,灼热,灼热感severe严重,严厉,严峻,严峻的agonizing痛苦的,令人痛苦的,痛苦不堪的,痛苦不堪harrowing惨不忍睹,惨不忍睹的,令人震惊的,惨痛的intense激烈的,强烈的,激烈,剧烈的exquisite精致,玲珑剔透,精美的,精致的consuming消耗,消耗的,消耗性的,消耗性burning燃烧,燃烧的,焚烧,灼烧punishing惩罚性,惩罚性的,惩罚,处罚piercing穿刺,穿孔,刺穿,穿透性stabbing刺伤,刺杀,捅伤,刺伤人tormenting折磨人的,折磨人,煎熬,煎熬的shooting拍摄,射击,枪击案,枪击tearing撕裂,撕裂的,撕扯,撕裂性chastening责罚,责备,督责,训诫rending蹂躏,撕裂,撕裂的,撕裂性torturing拷问,拷打,折磨人,酷刑折磨

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : extremely painful; causing intense suffering; unbearably distressing; torturing: an excruciating noise; excruciating pain.
    • : exceedingly elaborate or intense; extreme: done with excruciating care.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.torturous, painful
Synonyms
acute急性,急症,急性病,急剧agonizing痛苦的,令人痛苦的,痛苦不堪的,痛苦不堪exquisite精致,玲珑剔透,精美的,精致的grueling艰巨的,艰苦的,艰难的,艰辛harrowing惨不忍睹,惨不忍睹的,令人震惊的,惨痛的intense激烈的,强烈的,激烈,剧烈的searing灼热的,炙热的,灼热,灼热感severe严重,严厉,严峻,严峻的unbearable难以忍受,不堪忍受,难以忍受的,难受burning燃烧,燃烧的,焚烧,灼烧chastening责罚,责备,督责,训诫consuming消耗,消耗的,消耗性的,消耗性piercing穿刺,穿孔,刺穿,穿透性punishing惩罚性,惩罚性的,惩罚,处罚racking搁置,搁架,搁板,搁置式rending蹂躏,撕裂,撕裂的,撕裂性shooting拍摄,射击,枪击案,枪击stabbing刺伤,刺杀,捅伤,刺伤人tearing撕裂,撕裂的,撕扯,撕裂性tormenting折磨人的,折磨人,煎熬,煎熬的torturing拷问,拷打,折磨人,酷刑折磨extreme极端,极限,极端的,极限的insufferable难以忍受的,忍受不了的,难以忍受,无法忍受的sharp尖锐,犀利,尖锐的,锐利torturesome折磨人,拷问人,拷问,酷刑unendurable难以忍受的,难以忍受,无法忍受的,难以忍受的是violent激烈的,暴力的,猛烈的,暴力

Examples

  • Fanone felt an excruciating pain at the base of his skull—the taser—and cried out, but he couldn’t hear himself scream.

  • In law school I wrote a paper on the use of mechanical restraints in psychiatric hospitals based on my own excruciating experiences as a patient.

  • I felt lighter, like you are suddenly free from an excruciating weight after you carry a load on your back, when I hung up.

  • She tried to stay cool by dragging her body into the sparsely available shade, though this caused excruciating pain in her pelvis.

  • The procedure helped some, but things didn’t progress as doctors expected and one day, while driving, that excruciating pain shot down Delle Donne’s leg again.

  • Her back popped, leaving the former softball star frozen in excruciating pain.

  • The pain was so excruciating that talking was difficult for the man.

  • “Songs” is indeed excruciating, not because U2 is a bad band, but because they are a great one who made a lousy record.

  • Bucca ignored what must have been excruciating pain as he made his way to the bedside of Police Officer Steven McDonald.

  • But if he positioned himself a certain way, he found he could avoid excruciating agony.

  • This is a very dark frame of mind, consequent on overwork and the conclusion of the excruciating Ebb Tide.

  • As the child suffered excruciating pains he could not be transported on the ass.

  • The pain was so excruciating that after one moment of supreme agony, she trembled all over, then relapsed into unconsciousness.

  • I was wading slowly along the beach in rather deep water, when I suddenly felt a most excruciating pain in my left ankle.

  • The position of Holland and Denmark is one of excruciating anxiety to the citizens of those countries.

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