Need another word that means the same as “excruciating”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “excruciating” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Excruciating” are: agonising, agonizing, harrowing, torturesome, torturing, torturous, severe, acute, intense, extreme, savage, violent, racking, searing, piercing, stabbing, raging, tormenting, grievous
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “excruciating” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| acute | Denoting or designed for patients with an acute form of a disease. An acute awareness of changing fashions. |
| agonising | Extremely painful. |
| agonizing | Causing great physical or mental pain. There is an agonizing choice to make. |
| extreme | Very severe or serious. Expulsion is an extreme sanction. |
| grievous | Shockingly brutal or cruel. Grievous bodily harm. |
| harrowing | Extremely painful. A harrowing film about racism and violence. |
| intense | Extremely sharp or intense. Intense anxiety. |
| piercing | Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument. Piercing knifelike pains. |
| racking | Causing great physical or mental suffering. |
| raging | Characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense. A raging thirst. |
| savage | Without civilizing influences. A savage people. |
| searing | Having lost all moisture. A searing pain. |
| severe | Severely simple. A severe worldwide depression. |
| stabbing | (of a pain or sensation) sharp and sudden. A stabbing remark. |
| tormenting | Inflicting severe physical or mental suffering. Peace from his tormenting thoughts. |
| torturesome | Extremely painful. |
| torturing | Extremely painful. |
| torturous | Characterized by, involving, or causing pain or suffering. A torturous five days of fitness training. |
| violent | Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions inclined to react violently fervid. A violent attack. |
| aching | A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain. The cool air was a relief to my aching head. |
| agonizing | Causing great physical or mental pain. There is an agonizing choice to make. |
| biting | (of wind or cold) so cold as to be painful. A cream to ward off biting insects. |
| bitter | Beer that is strongly flavoured with hops and has a bitter taste brewed by top fermentation. Shed bitter tears. |
| callus | Form a callus or calluses. The long march had callused his feet. |
| cultivator | A farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture. Rotary cultivators are ideal in the kitchen garden. |
| disastrous | Having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin. The battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign. |
| distressing | Causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsetting. Distressing or disturbing news. |
| doleful | Filled with or evoking sadness. A doleful look. |
| dolorous | Feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress. A dolorous and repetitive tale of atrocity. |
| frustrating | Causing annoyance or upset because of an inability to change or achieve something. It can be very frustrating to find that the size you want isn t there. |
| grievous | Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm. A grievous loss. |
| harrowing | Extremely painful. It was a harrowing experience. |
| horrible | Causing or likely to cause horror; shocking. A horrible massacre. |
| irksome | So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. What an irksome task the writing of long letters is. |
| lamentable | Bad; unfortunate. Her open prejudice showed lamentable immaturity. |
| mournful | Feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief. Mournful news. |
| painful | Exceptionally bad or displeasing. The painful process of growing up. |
| plaintive | Expressing sorrow. A plaintive cry. |
| poignant | Arousing affect. Poignant anxiety. |
| sad | Of things that make you feel sad Christina Rossetti. The show is tongue in cheek anyone who takes it seriously is a bit sad. |
| sore | Roused to anger- Mark Twain. All of us had sores and infections on our hands. |
| sorrowful | Feeling or showing grief. Sorrowful widows. |
| stressful | Extremely irritating to the nerves. The stressful days before a war. |
| swollen | Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance. So swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty. |
| tine | Prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler. |
| torturous | Characterized by, involving, or causing pain or suffering. A torturous five days of fitness training. |
| tragic | Very bad or inadequate. A tragic face. |
| traumatic | Of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body. She was going through a traumatic divorce. |
| trying | Difficult or annoying; hard to endure. A trying day at the office. |
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