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Antonyms for excruciation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ik-skroo-shee-ey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˌskru ʃiˈeɪ ʃən



Definition of excruciation

  • As in torment : noun severe mental distress
  • As in torture : noun severe mental or physical pain
Example sentences :
  • The proper bows were interchanged; and then came Crang's excruciation.
  • Extract from : « Perlycross » by R. D. Blackmore
  • Let us take a common sense view of this excruciation—ex—ex—I mean exquisite argument.
  • Extract from : « Rattlin the Reefer » by Edward Howard
  • Of her originally sprang the inspired teaching of the doom of men to excruciation in endlessness.
  • Extract from : « Diana of the Crossways, Complete » by George Meredith
  • To be far off the key is to be in another key, but to smite at a note and muff it is excruciation.
  • Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
  • Only meanwhile he wants—it was a phrase of his own—to keep all the excruciation for his own private enjoyment.
  • Extract from : « When Ghost Meets Ghost » by William Frend De Morgan

Synonyms for excruciation

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