Synonyms of excruciating

1 Syllable

cruel, sharp

2 Syllables

crueler, grueling, stabbing, cruelest, burning, painful, rending, nagging, violent, tearing, smarting, shooting, piercing, searing, racking

3 Syllables

punishing, extreme, tormenting, torturous, harrowing, heartrending, consuming, anguishing, severe, torturing, acute, chastening, intense

4 Syllables

unbearable, exquisite, afflictive, agonizing

5 Syllables

unendurable, intolerable, torturesome, insufferable, uncomfortable