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very painful in English:

1. excruciating excruciating


I had the most excruciating cramp in my leg.
An excruciating silence descended before Stinziano
After the boulder rolled a couple of feet, pinning my friend's arm, he experienced excruciating pain.
The line moved excruciatingly slowly.
I broke my leg and felt excruciating pain.
this is evident with this excruciating scene at the beginning of 2009’s Inglourious Basterds.
We cool down with some excruciating but vital stretches.
(...) as it was possible to be given the excruciating pressure of the Empire's most intense training.

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2. agonizing


My life has become nothing but an agonizing wait for death.
It is agonizing for America to lose our young men and women.

English word "very painful"(agonizing) occurs in sets:

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