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gruelling
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.gruelling (ˈɡruːəlɪŋ) or gruelingadjsevere or tiring: a gruelling interview. ninformal a severe experience, esp punishment[C19: from now obsolete vb gruel to exhaust, punish]gruelling - Comes from the verb gruel, "to exhaust, punish."See also related terms for punish.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  gruelling - 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, grueling, laborious, operose, toilsome, punishing, hard, heavyeffortful - requiring great physical effort |
gruellingadjective exhausting, demanding, difficult, tiring, trying, hard, taxing, grinding, severe, crushing, fierce, punishing, harsh, stiff, brutal, fatiguing, strenuous, arduous, laborious, backbreaking The flight was more gruelling than I had expected.
light, easy, pleasant, enjoyable, undemanding, cushy (informal)Translationsgruelling (American) grueling (ˈgrueliŋ) adjective exhausting. a gruelling race. 令人精疲力盡的 使精疲力尽的gruelling
Related to gruelling: stroppySynonyms for gruellingadj exhaustingSynonyms- exhausting
- demanding
- difficult
- tiring
- trying
- hard
- taxing
- grinding
- severe
- crushing
- fierce
- punishing
- harsh
- stiff
- brutal
- fatiguing
- strenuous
- arduous
- laborious
- backbreaking
Antonyms- light
- easy
- pleasant
- enjoyable
- undemanding
- cushy
Synonyms for gruellingadj characterized by effort to the point of exhaustionSynonyms- arduous
- backbreaking
- grueling
- laborious
- operose
- toilsome
- punishing
- hard
- heavy
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