excruciate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin excruciātus, past participle of excruciō, from ex- +‎ cruciō, from the base of crux (“cross”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.ˈskɹu.ʃi.eɪ̯t/, /ɛk.ˈskɹu.si.eɪ̯t/

Verb

1. (transitive) To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.

Related terms

• excruciating

Translations

to inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture

• Bulgarian: измъчвам (bg) (izmǎčvam), тормозя (bg) (tormozja)
• Dutch: folteren (nl)
• French: torturer (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: quälen (de)
• Russian: му́чить (ru) (múčitʹ), терза́ть (ru) (terzátʹ), истяза́ть (ru) (istjazátʹ)
• Spanish: torturar (es)

Adjective

excruciate (comparative more excruciate, superlative most excruciate)

1. (obsolete) Excruciated; tortured.
   • 1616, George Chapman's translation of Homer's Odyssey

     And here my heart long time excruciate
     Amongst the leaves I rested all that night.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) excruciāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of excruciō