EXCRUCIATIONS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

excruciations

noun

plural of excruciation

as in pains

a state of great suffering of body or mind had never experienced such excruciation as when he contracted shingles

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Noun

Flock fights to obscure 100,000 cameras For Flock protesters, cases like the one in Florida are disturbing, since Flock appears to take great pains to obscure who owns cameras where and how large its camera network is.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 28 Oct. 2026
Communications obtained under the state’s public records law — first published by the Animal Welfare Institute and reported on by the Salt Lake Tribune — show Utah officials took pains to protect the farm’s privacy amid the outbreak.

— Nat Lash, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2026

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There are few harsher agonies than waiting, and throughout the great expanse of the CPKC ‘International’ Grand Prix presented by Rolex at the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’, two riders felt that in very different ways.

— Tilly Berendt, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Sadly, in discouraging all the phantom agonies, FIFA inadvertently seems to have done away with the equally farcical phenomenon that is Magic Spray®.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of agonies

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Some residents said hope is elusive given the island’s litany of miseries – from natural disasters to a bankrupt government to a financial control board that manages funding for infrastructure.

— Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Cyclospora, an intestinal parasite, has sickened thousands of people and hospitalized hundreds with explosive diarrhea, painful cramping, or other gastrointestinal miseries.

— Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of miseries

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ActBlue's woes are not over as top Republican predicts potential DOJ charges over foreign cash controversy.

— , FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Cost of living remains the top concern for voters, as rising gas prices, tariffs and the ongoing war in Iran factor into economic woes for many Americans.

— Stephen Fowler, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of woes

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