Etymology

excruciating

ex·cru·ci·a·ting
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Today it means: Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing Full definition →

Latin excruciō
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  1. Latin · derived fromexcruciō
  2. English todayexcruciating

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

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