| ADJECTIVE | all | grueling, arduous, backbreaking, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome | characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion |
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| Sounds | gruw'ihlihng; gruw'lihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort. | |
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| Example | "a grueling campaign" | |
| Synonyms | arduous, backbreaking, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome | |
| Broader | effortful | requiring great physical effort |
| Spanish | agotador, arduo, duro, fatigoso, laborioso, penoso, pesado | |
| Catalan | ardu, dur, esgotador, fatigant, fatigós, feixuc, laboriós, penós, pesat | |
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