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Excruciation   Listen
noun
Excruciation  n.  The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture.





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"Excruciation" Quotes from Famous Books



... fancy he's really uneasy. His sight might come back suddenly, he said, at any moment. Of course, he believes his eyesight will come back. Only meanwhile he wants—it was a phrase of his own—to keep all the excruciation for his own private enjoyment. ...
— When Ghost Meets Ghost • William Frend De Morgan
... certain vigor; but to be nearly refined without being quite refined is as harrowing as singing just a little off the key. To be far off the key is to be in another key, but to smite at a note and muff it is excruciation. Better far to drone middle C than to aim at high C and miss it ...
— We Can't Have Everything • Rupert Hughes


Words linked to "Excruciation" :   agony, pain, excruciate, passion, Passion of Christ, crucifixion, torturing, hurting, throe


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