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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