excruciation

[ ik-skroo-shee-ey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of excruciating. excruciating.
2. the state of being excruciated.
3. an instance of this; torture.

Word History and Origins

Origin of excruciation¹

1610–20; < Late Latin excruciātiōn- (stem of excruciātiō )

Example Sentences

It sacked Tiger Woods, who went in the water and triple-bogeyed it on the way to his 79 in what looked like quite some excruciation and preceded his withdrawal from the event come Saturday evening.

From Washington Post

Look at the fun and frivolity, for it distracts from the excruciation.

From Washington Post

Because this stretching of time, the refusal to just say it, opens up a space in which we’re forced to live — sometimes to the point of excruciation — with emotions that would normally pass in seconds.

From New York Times

No, it also offered a vivid glimpse of excruciation, if that’s your thing.

From Washington Post

That late afternoon might have dwelled in your head as a singular excruciation.

From Washington Post

Related Words

• affliction
• agony
• anguish
• misery
• pain
• persecution
• suffering
• torture