Word.ws English Dictionary

Synonyms of excruciate

15 similar words

Another word for excruciate is torture. Other synonyms of excruciate are torment, pang, rack, anguish and pine.

Synonyms and similar words for excruciate

verbTo inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.

  • tormentTo cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.).
  • tortureTo intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or...
  • afflictTo cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
  • aggrieveTo cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict.
  • agonizeTo cause agony or anguish in someone.
  • anguishTo cause to suffer pain.
  • dere British, dialectalTo hurt; harm; injure; wound.
  • hurt
  • irritateTo induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).
  • pangTo cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.
  • pineTo inflict pain upon; to torment.
  • rackTo cause (someone) to suffer pain.
  • wring figurativelyTo cause distress or pain to (a person or their heart, soul, etc.); to distress, to torment.
  • ache literary, rareTo cause someone or something to suffer pain.
  • throe obsoleteTo cause (someone) to feel throes, as if in childbirth; to put in agony.

Meaning of excruciate

  1. verb To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
  2. adjective Excruciated; tortured.

Full definition of excruciate

excruciate in other languages

Questions about synonyms of excruciate

What is another word for excruciate?
Excruciate has 15 synonyms on Word.ws, such as torture, torment, pang, rack, anguish, pine, afflict and irritate.
What does excruciate mean?
Excruciate means to inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: excruciate (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this page: “Synonyms of excruciate.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/synonyms/excruciate. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.