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excruciating.

Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing

12 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɪkˈskɹuːʃi.eɪtɪŋ/Received-Pronunciation/ɪkˈskɹʉwʃɪjɛjtɪŋ/British, Southern, Standard/ɪkˈskɹuːʃi.eɪtɪŋɡ/Midlands, Northern-England/ɪkˈskɾʉʃi.etɪŋ/Scotland

  1. Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing

  2. Exceedingly intense; extreme

Where this word comes from

Present participle of excruciate, from Latin excruciō, from ex- + cruciō (“to torment”).

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