excruciation

ex·cru·ci·a·tion
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UK, UK/ɪkˈskɹuːʃi.eɪʃən/UK, UK[-ʃn̩]British, Southern, Standard/ɪkˈskɹʉwʃɪjɛjʃən/Scotland/ɪkˈskɾʉʃi.eʃən/

noun

Excruciating pain.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

nounexcruciation (countable and uncountable, plural excruciations)

plural excruciations

  1. countableuncountableExcruciating pain.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna state of acute pain

nounthe infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

excruciation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excruciation

MLA

“excruciation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excruciation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “excruciation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excruciation.

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