Excruciating
Excruciating adjective - Difficult to endure.
Usage example: the excruciating heat that the settlers faced as they crossed the deserts of the Southwest
Rough and excruciating are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rough" instead an adjective "Excruciating".
Rough
Rough adjective - Difficult to endure.
Usage example: I've had a rough time of it since I lost my job
Excruciating and rough are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excruciating" instead an adjective "Rough".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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When he's on a turbulent flight to the Enterprise, the navigator goes into excruciating detail about a really rough ride on his last mission, mentions he vomited, and then offers him a bit of the candy bar he's been munching on.
Source: Film / The Hunt for Red October
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