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Meanings of excruciate in English

Portuguese
tortuar
Catalan
torturar
Spanish
torturar

Torment emotionally or mentally.

tortuar
Usage of excruciate in English
1
After it might have been an hour of this excruciate ecstasy the Countess came to Rosamund's bed.
Chivalry: Dizain des Reines
2
Her presence used to excruciate Osborne; but go she would upon all parties of pleasure on which she heard her young friends were bent.
Vanity Fair
3
This morning's post-match video analysis and reflection will be excruciating individually and collectively.
The Irish Times
4
The hunger in his belly must have been excruciating by now.
Dead girl talking
5
She never could have imagined how excruciating the lack of human contact could be.
The preacher
6
I know, I find all of this behavior excruciating and over the top, too.
Geektastic
7
However, he died, in a few hours, of excruciating suffering.
The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation. V...
8
His two-day absence after their drama after the dinner party had been excruciating for her.
Granny dan
9
The slow burn of the show made it excruciating listening: a slow-motion car crash was unfolding.
The Guardian
10
The morning after was excruciating enough.
The Guardian
11
He was always pleasant, and he let me play on his guitar, though he swore it excruciated him.
London Pride, Or, When the World Was Younger
12
I must leave off writing; I am excruciated with the toothache, which has tormented me without respite all day.
Records of a Girlhood
13
Yossarian moaned instinctively and screwed his face up with excruciating irritability when Aarfy chortled and asked how he was feeling.
Catch-22
14
Another shura member's wife had also died for want of medical treatment; Khairiah suffered excruciating dental problems and walked with a cane.
The Guardian
15
As if the wait weren't excruciating enough, the San Francisco Chronicle has a walk-through preview of the new California Academy of Sciences.
Wired
16
Trained to be terrified of him for seventeen years, I found it excruciating to stand up to him, let alone trap him.
Escape
Translations for excruciate
Excruciate through the time