excruciating

equivalents

painful

synonyms

acute

afflictive

agonizing

atrocious

biting

consuming

cramping

cruel

desolating

distressful

distressing

exquisite

extreme

gnawing

grave

griping

hard

harrowing

harsh

heartbreaking

heartrending

heartsickening

heartwounding

hurtful

hurting

insufferable

intense

keen

painful

paroxysmal

piercing

poignant

pungent

racking

racking

rending

severe

sharp

shooting

spasmatic

spasmic

spasmodic

stabbing

stinging

tearing

tormenting

torturing

torturing

torturous

unbearable

etymologically-related-terms

cruciate

excruciate

excruciatingly

same-contexts

acutest

agonize

convulsive

debilitate

frightful

grievous

heartrending

madden

needless

pleasurable

poignant

sicken

unbearable

unbelievable

unendurable

unimaginable

unremitting

unspeakable

untold