Word Of The Week: Excruciating

Definitions:

• Intensely painful.
• Very embarrassing, awkward, or tedious.

Type Of Word:

Adjective

Use it in a sentence:

I landed my round off perfectly. Or so I thought. My ankle rolled, and I heard a terrifying crunch. I looked down at my ankle to see it completely bent around the wrong way. Bones and flesh were sticking out everywhere. The pain was absolutely excruciating. I passed out, hitting my head on the way down. I woke to my head throbbing. I was lying down on a hospital bed. The excruciating pain in my foot was still there. I sat up to take a look at it. But I found that my foot was gone.

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Synonym:

Painful

Antonym:

Relaxing