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excruciating
adjective as in torturous, painful
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Though he was in “excruciating” pain, his tune aimed for uplift.
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In the pantheon of losses, this was arguably the most excruciating.
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It was an excruciating process, which took almost two years.
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He and his team accumulated so much material that they had to cut dozens of profiles and recipes from the final product, a process that Wareheim called excruciating.
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“And then having found the fortitude to do so, we begin the excruciating yet exquisite process of letting go.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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