Excruciating
Excruciating adjective - Difficult to endure.
Usage example: the excruciating heat that the settlers faced as they crossed the deserts of the Southwest
Trying and excruciating are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trying" instead an adjective "Excruciating".
Trying
Trying adjective - Difficult to endure.
Usage example: a harrowing account of the trying conditions experienced by the hostages prior to their release
Excruciating and trying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excruciating" instead an adjective "Trying".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- disturbing and excruciating
- disturbing and trying
- harsh and excruciating
- harsh and trying
- unpleasant and excruciating
- unpleasant and trying
- disagreeable and excruciating
- disagreeable and trying
- painful and excruciating
- painful and trying
- agonizing and excruciating
- agonizing and trying
- rough and excruciating
- rough and trying
Both words in one sentence
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She spends the rest of the episode trying to bond with Darlene who is a Daddy's girl, while forcing Dan to do things with Becky (including an excruciating day at the mall).
Source: Parental Favoritism - She cannot, but this does not stop her trying, so she does, for at least five excruciating minutes.
Source: Reclusive Artist - The Doctor is clearly in excruciating pain trying to resist, and yet he forces the Doctor to kneel before him, worship him and 'debase himself' without even moving in his seat.
Source: Mind Rape / Doctor Who
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