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excruciating

/ɪkˈskruːʃieɪtɪŋ/adjective

उच्चारण इक्स्क्रूशिएटिंग

असहनीय, अत्यंत पीड़ादायक

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adjective
  1. 1

    extremely painful

    असहनीय, अत्यंत पीड़ादायक

    • excruciating pain in his back
    • The excruciating pain in his tooth kept him awake all night.
    • The injured player was in excruciating pain.
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    • He felt an excruciating headache coming on during the journey.
    • The doctor asked her to describe the excruciating cramps in her leg.

    Synonyms agonizing unbearable intense severe acute

    Opposite mild slight bearable painless

  2. 2

    very embarrassing, boring or unpleasant

    बहुत शर्मनाक या उबाऊ

    • The speech was excruciating; it went on for two hours.
    • The silence in the meeting after the manager's joke was excruciating.
    • Sitting through the long, dull ceremony was excruciating.
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    • It was an excruciating moment when I forgot my own speech.
    • The film's excruciating ending left the audience uncomfortable.

    Synonyms embarrassing awkward painful dreadful

    Opposite enjoyable pleasant

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excruciatingly adv.
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ex·cru·ci·a·ting

With -cruci- (not 'excrutiating' or 'excrusiating'); from the Latin for 'torture on a cross', the same root as crucial and crucify.

बीच में -cruci- ('excrutiating' या 'excrusiating' गलत है); Latin में 'सलीब पर यातना' से, crucial और crucify के मूल से।

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Keep the pain words in order of strength: sore, painful, agonizing, excruciating, unbearable.

दर्द के शब्द तीव्रता के क्रम में याद रखिए: sore, painful, agonizing, excruciating, unbearable।