"The pain kept increasing."
I was looking for a substitute of "increasing" that expresses the idea that pain didn't subside and instead intensified.
I have overused these words (increasing, worsening, getting worse, intensifying…); so, I'm looking for some other words to capture the expression.
Best Answer
Try growing, spreading, or phrases that have the format becoming/growing [more] + ADJ.
The latter strategy will enable you to expand the possible range of descriptions with adjectives like unbearable, excruciating, agonizing, tormenting, and similar.