excruciation

noun

Definition of excruciationnext
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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  1. agony
  2. distress
  3. pain
  4. misery
  5. anguish
  6. discomfort
Noun
  • Compared to the agony and the ecstasy on display in McQueen’s extraordinary Small Axe compilation, which celebrated the United Kingdom’s diaspora culture while forcing the country to reckon with its institutionally racist past, this might seem like weak tea.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The movie One of the darkest true stories on this list, An American Crime never undersells or soft-pedals the ceaseless agony of Likens’ ordeal.
    Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of agony
Noun
  • While climate denial allows people to protect themselves from feelings of distress, terror management theory suggests that denying death is just the tip of the iceberg.
    Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Twigs’s success over the years has been used as a tactic by LaBeouf’s legal team to undermine her accusation of emotional distress.
    Arimeta Diop, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of distress
Noun
  • Persistent back pain is another indicator – this, too, is the result of tiny fractures or compression of the spine.
    Jianying Zhang, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Their pain affects not just them, but also their parents and siblings.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of pain
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  • The Democratic Party should be put out of its misery.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • While a fair number of New Yorkers may be at home alone tonight, watching prestige-TV reruns and trying to enter a fugue state, plenty of us plan to lean into the misery (or joy) of watching the election results in numbers.
    Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of misery
Noun
  • The silent anguish that Charles describes has dangerous real-world ramifications: After the death of a spouse, widowers experience higher rates of mortality, persistent depression, and social isolation than widows do.
    Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The plot is on the heavy side: The Innocents plays with the mental anguish of a person desperately trying to make sense of the world around them while simultaneously dealing with their own emotional turmoil.
    B.J. Colangelo, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
Definition of anguish
Noun
  • Wyler’s squint of discomfort with Penn’s manipulations soon softens into a look of impressed awe, her eyes no longer judgmental but adoring.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The possibility of discomfort is par for the course when interacting with others, says Daniel Maitland, an associate professor of clinical psychology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
    Allie Volpe, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of discomfort
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