different between excruciating vs excessive

English

Etymology

Present participle of excruciate, from Latin excruci?, from ex- + cruci? (“I torment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?sk?u??i?e?t??/, /?k?sk?u?si?e?t??/

Adjective

excruciating (comparative more excruciating, superlative most excruciating)

1. Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing
   • 2011, Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey, How Now Shall We Live?

     Sagan faced an excruciating dilemma: Should he remain true to his naturalistic philosophy and reject the marrow graft as something acquired by immoral means? Or should he agree to undergo the medical treatment in hope of saving his life

2. Exceedingly intense; extreme

Derived terms

• excruciatingly

Related terms

• cruciate
• excruciate

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle French excessif, from Medieval Latin excessivus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?s?s?v/
• Rhymes: -?s?v

Adjective

excessive (comparative more excessive, superlative most excessive)

1. Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:excessive

Antonyms

• insufficient
• deficient

Derived terms

• excessive number

Related terms

• exceed
• excess

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.s?.siv/

Adjective

excessive

1. feminine singular of excessif

Interlingua

Adjective

excessive (comparative plus excessive, superlative le plus excessive)

1. excessive

Related terms

• excesso

Latin

Adjective

excess?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of excess?vus