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grueling
gru·el·ing also gru·el·ling G0290300 (gro͞o′ə-lĭng, gro͞o′lĭng)adj. Physically or mentally demanding to the point of exhaustion: a grueling campaign.
gru′el·ing·ly adv.gru•el•ing (ˈgru ə lɪŋ, ˈgru lɪŋ)
adj. exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe: a grueling marathon. n. Also, esp. Brit.,gru′el•ling.[1850–55; gruel punishment (n.), punish (v.) (compare to get one's gruel to be punished, killed) + -ing2, -ing1]gru′el•ing•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  grueling - characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"arduous, backbreaking, gruelling, laborious, operose, toilsome, punishing, hard, heavyeffortful - requiring great physical effort |
Translationsgruelling (American) grueling (ˈgrueliŋ) adjective exhausting. a gruelling race. 令人精疲力盡的 使精疲力尽的grueling
Synonyms for gruelingadj characterized by effort to the point of exhaustionSynonyms- arduous
- backbreaking
- gruelling
- laborious
- operose
- toilsome
- punishing
- hard
- heavy
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