Synonyms and Antonyms of excruciating
1
intensely or unbearably painful
- he finally visited the doctor when the pain became too excruciating to ignore
acute, exquisite, extreme, fierce, intense, vehement, violent
biting, cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp, shooting, smarting, stabbing, stinging, tearing, tingling
2
difficult to endure
- the excruciating heat that the settlers faced as they crossed the deserts of the Southwest
bitter, brutal, burdensome, cruel, grievous, grim, hard, hardhanded, harsh, heavy, inhuman, murderous, onerous, oppressive, rough, rugged, searing, severe, stiff, tough, trying
austere, bleak, comfortless, discomforting, forbidding, inhospitable, spartan, uncomfortable
biting, inclement, intemperate, wild
rigorous, strict, stringent
agonizing, heartbreaking, heartrending, painful, wretched
crushing, grinding, overwhelming, wearing
insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unbearable, unendurable
harrowing, tortuous
bad, disagreeable, hostile, unfriendly, unpleasant
comfortable, cozy, luxurious, snug
agreeable, friendly, genial, hospitable, pleasant
peaceful, relaxing, reposeful, restful
bearable, endurable, painless, tolerable
balmy, calm, clement, gentle, mild, moderate, temperate
3
hard to accept or bear especially emotionally
- most excruciating of all was the endless wait for news of any survivors of the plane crash
afflicting, agonizing, bitter, cruel, galling, grievous, harrowing, harsh, heartrending, hurtful, painful, tormenting, torturous
insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable, unendurable, unsupportable
appalling, awful, bad, dire, dreadful, ghastly, horrible, miserable, nasty, rotten, severe, terrible, vile, wretched
acute, extreme, intense, piercing
4
extreme in degree, power, or effect
- the excruciating grief they felt upon the loss of their dear grandfather
acute, almighty, blistering, deep, dreadful, explosive, exquisite, fearful, fearsome, ferocious, fierce, frightful, furious, ghastly, hard, heavy, heavy-duty, hellacious, intense, intensive, keen, profound, terrible, vehement, vicious, violent
accentuated, aggravated, concentrated, deepened
emphasized, enhanced, heightened, intensified, magnified
stressed
exhaustive, thorough
harsh, rigorous, severe
feeble, weak
shallow, superficial
moderated, qualified
alleviated, eased, lightened, toned (down)
abated, decreased, diminished, lessened, reduced, subdued
