as in pains
a state of great suffering of body or mind
had never experienced such excruciation as when he contracted shingles
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Noun
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The polarising billionaire had spent only a few hours in prison upon his return from 15 years of self-exile in August 2023 before he was hospitalised after complaining of heart trouble and chest pains, prompting widespread scepticism and public outrage.—
Panarat Thepgumpanat,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025 -
And the Zoned Lumbar Support offers focused support for your lower back, ensuring proper spinal alignment and reducing pressure on your lumbar region, helping to alleviate aches and pains.—
Sherrie Nachman,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Task begins by setting up the parallels between Tom and Robbie, two flawed men trying to keep their heads above the water of their own miseries, cutting back and forth between their routines to emphasize their similar ideologies and spontaneities.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Rather than taking the newcomers in, Friedrich leads them to some distant caves and trusts that the miseries of island life—extreme heat, torrential rains, pesky insects, vicious dogs—will soon send them packing.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2025
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Solving the nation’s economic woes is not a surefire guarantee that more babies will come.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
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The two hang out in what appears to be a backstage area and chat it up in a conversation that finds Musk complimenting West on the production before revealing relationship woes in an intimate and candid moment.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Excruciations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excruciations. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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