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

For nearly three weeks, 21-year-old Denijah Myers has been missing, and her family is in agony.

— Francie Ebert, NBC news, 13 July 2026
Wells’s parents expressed their own version of that agony at a press conference with Crump on Friday in New York City.

— Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026

Definition of agony

Noun

Research supports this, showing that accepting difficult feelings leads to faster recovery and less long-term distress compared to suppression, which can worsen anxiety and depression.

— Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
The environment of a busy pool may trigger sensory overload and distress, causing children to cry or want to leave.

— Tana Carson, The Conversation, 17 July 2026

Definition of distress

Noun

The patient must be in an advanced or terminal stage, experiencing pain that cannot be relieved or is unbearable, and seeking lethal medication of their own free will.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 July 2026
Numbing all that pain by going on The Lost Weekend-style binges of booze and drugs.

— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 15 July 2026

Definition of pain

Noun

Yet, outside the excellently claustrophobic Trojan Horse scenes, Nolan is more interested in exploring his anguish than his spoils.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
Your mind fills with all the defeats; all the anguish of mistakes made and opportunities missed.

— Kristine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2026

Definition of anguish

Noun

Due to such discomfort – or for other reasons – people often delay making plans for their own dying process.

— Jane Callahan, The Conversation, 14 July 2026
But despite this recent discomfort between the two sides, league sources say the front office is not currently making an effort to shop Diggins for a deadline trade.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026

Definition of discomfort

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