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Excruciating vs Distraught - What's the difference?

excruciating | distraught |

As adjectives the difference between excruciating and distraught

is that excruciating is causing great pain or anguish, agonizing while distraught is deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; distressed.

excruciating

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing
    • the nation's most excruciating dilemma -- W. H. Ferry (rfdate)
  • Exceedingly intense; extreme

    • Related terms

    * cruciate * excruciate * excruciatingly

    distraught

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; distressed.
    • His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.

    Derived terms

    * distraughtly * distraughtness

    Synonyms

    * distressed * pained