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excruciating

How many syllables in excruciating?

  5 syllables

Divide excruciating into syllables:   ex-cru-ci-at-ing
How to pronounce excruciating:   ik-skroo-shee-ey-ting
How to say excruciating:

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Synonyms for excruciating


1 syllable
  • sharp
    2 syllables
    • awful
    • piercing
    • throbbing
    • painful
    • severe
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
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