Definition of "excruciating" []

• Intensely painful; agonizing. (adjective)
• Very intense or extreme: wrote with excruciating precision. (adjective)

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• "His friend, Reverend Jesse Jackson, says the pop star is in what he termed excruciating pain and anxious about the verdict."
• "I'm going to want to tell you about it in excruciating detail, that's what."
• "I sat two 3-hour written exams, ending up physically exhausted and in excruciating pain."