Bad
Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Excruciating and bad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Excruciating" instead an adjective "Bad".
Excruciating
Excruciating adjective - Difficult to endure.
Usage example: the excruciating heat that the settlers faced as they crossed the deserts of the Southwest
Bad and excruciating are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Excruciating".
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Rose also attempts a Scottish accent, but hers is so bad the Doctor tells her "don't do that" after only three or four excruciating words.
Source: Brief Accent Imitation - Brown Note: Gonnagles specialize in this, either through hypersonic noise that causes excruciating pain to anything that can hear it or intentionally and phenomenally bad poetry.
Source: Discworld / The Wee Free Men -
Tempting Fate: Han commenting "I hate long waits" and "That doesn't sound so bad", before being told he's up for an incredibly long and excruciating death by Sarlaac.
Source: Film / Return of the Jedi
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