excruciate
Syllables: ex·cru·ci·ateUK/ɪkˈskɹuːʃi.eɪt/
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British/ɪkˈskɹʉwʃɪjɛjt/
excruciate verb: to inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
Verb
excruciate (third-person singular simple present excruciates, present participle excruciating, simple past and past participle excruciated)
- To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
- But this it is that doth excruciate
The verie ſubſtance of my vexed ſoule:
To ſee our neighbours that were wont to quake
And tremble at the Perſean Monarkes name,
Now ſits and laughs our regiment to ſcorne, […]c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
- But this it is that doth excruciate
Adjective
excruciate (comparative more excruciate, superlative most excruciate)
- Excruciated; tortured.
- And here my heart long time excruciate
Amongst the leaves I rested all that night.1616, George Chapman's translation of Homer's Odyssey
- And here my heart long time excruciate
excruciate meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
excruciate in Tamil
- மிக்க வேதனை செய், சித்திரவதை செய், நோகப்பண்ணு, துன்புறுத்து
excruciate in Bengali
- তীব্র ব্যথা, মানসিক কষ্ট দেওয়া, অত্যাচার করা, নির্যাতিত, অত্যাচারিত
excruciate in Malayalam
- പീഡിപ്പിക്കുക, അതിയായ വേദനയുണ്ടാക്കുക, കഠിനവേദനയുളവാക്കുന്ന, മർമ്മഭേദകമായ
excruciate in Kannada
- ಅತಿಯಾದ ವೇದನೆ ಕೊಡು, ಬಹಳ ನೋವನ್ನುಂಟುಮಾಡು
Synonyms of excruciate
Forms of excruciate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | excruciates |
| present participle | excruciating |
| past participle | excruciated |
| past | excruciated |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more excruciate |
| superlative | most excruciate |
Origin of excruciate
From Latin excruciātus, past participle of excruciō, from ex- + cruciō, from the base of crux (“cross”).
Questions about excruciate
- What does excruciate mean?
- Excruciate means to inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
- What is excruciate in Tamil?
- Excruciate in Tamil is மிக்க வேதனை செய், சித்திரவதை செய், நோகப்பண்ணு. See Excruciate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is excruciate?
- Excruciate can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce excruciate?
- Excruciate is pronounced /ɪkˈskɹuːʃi.eɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of excruciate?
- The past tense of excruciate is excruciated.
Words near excruciate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: excruciate (page history and authors); excruciate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); excruciate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); excruciate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); excruciate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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