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Definition
extremely painful—physically as from a toothache or emotionally as from embarrassment
- After an excruciating minute she offers it to Pippa.Chapter 13 (3% in)
- Assembly Day must be excruciating for her.Chapter 26 (10% in)
There are no more uses of "excruciating" in A Great and Terrible Beauty.
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