EXCRUCIATION Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

excruciation

noun

Definition of excruciation

as in agony

a state of great suffering of body or mind had never experienced such excruciation as when he contracted shingles

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Noun

Such is the ecstasy, the agony, of judgment, which was never for their benefit.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2026
The man with almost no injury was writhing in agony, while the man with a four-inch nail lodged near his brain kept working for six days, not even realizing the nail was there.

— Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of agony

Noun

Deed theft often exploits grief, financial distress, inheritance disputes and the limited resources of older homeowners.

— Landon Dais, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
The investors said they were alerted to the company’s financial distress by a September 2025 article published in The Cut.

— Sabrina Willmer, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of distress

Noun

This new stromal cell injection shifts the focus from traditional pain management to regenerative treatment.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026
The families of the 157 victims of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 sued Boeing, whose lawyers attempted to argue that the company should not be held liable for pain-and-suffering damages because everyone aboard the plane died on impact.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of pain

Noun

Elci said the uncertainty — and being taken off the air for even a day — was misery.

— Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2026
Another finds his misery exacerbated by a Christmas spent shooting a war movie opposite its star Brad Pitt’s stand-in, in a rare evocation of how impersonal blockbuster filmmaking has become.

— Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of misery

Noun

Her boisterous pre-teen twins Ethan and Caleb are too young to grasp quite what’s at stake; high school sophomore Sophie (Sandler) has rather more vivid memories of going through this anguish before.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
But Alys recognizes the anguish of a man just beginning his cursed life.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of anguish

Noun

And my discomfort and exhaustion and stink and hunger and homesickness rarely waned, for more than five months.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026
That may feel uncomfortable after such a long rally, but discomfort alone has never been much of a reason to sell.

— Andrew Graham, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of discomfort

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