All 4 Uses of
excruciating
in
The Giver
- Almost instantly the excruciating pain in his hand had diminished to the throb which was, now, all he could recall of the experience.
p. 70.1 *excruciating = extreme
- Jonas asked him after he had received a torturous memory in which he had been neglected and unfed; the hunger had caused excruciating spasms in his empty, distended stomach.
p. 111.0excruciating = extremely painful
- Excruciating hunger and starvation.
p. 111.9
- The Giver hesitated painfully, as if saying the name aloud might be excruciating.
p. 140.9
Definition:
extreme -- typically extremely painful or unpleasant