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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
excruciating/ɪkˈskruːʃieɪtɪŋ/

▶adjective

1 intensely painful.

2 very embarrassing, awkward, or tedious.

– derivatives
excruciatingly adverb.

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