gruelling


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gru·el·ing

also gru·el·ling  (gro͞o′ə-lĭng, gro͞o′lĭng)
adj.
Physically or mentally demanding to the point of exhaustion: a grueling campaign.
gru′el·ing·ly adv.
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gruelling

(ˈɡruːəlɪŋ) or

grueling

adj
severe or tiring: a gruelling interview.
n
informal a severe experience, esp punishment
[C19: from now obsolete vb gruel to exhaust, punish]
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gruelling

- Comes from the verb gruel, "to exhaust, punish."
See also related terms for punish.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.gruelling - characterized by effort to the point of exhaustiongruelling - 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, heavy
effortful - requiring great physical effort
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gruelling

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
مُرْهِق، مُنْهِك
vyčerpávající
udmattende
lÿjandi
sekinantis
nogurdinošs
güç ve yorucuzahmetli

gruelling

grueling (US) [ˈgrʊəlɪŋ] ADJ [task] → penoso, duro; [match, race] → agotador
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

gruelling

[ˈgruːəlɪŋ] grueling (US) adj [schedule, day] → exténuant(e); [race, competition] → exténuant(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

gruelling

, (US) grueling
adj schedule, journey, day, week → (äußerst) anstrengend; pace, conditions → mörderisch (inf); race, match, event → (äußerst) strapaziös; talks, negotiations → aufreibend; 200 gruelling miles → 200 mörderische Meilen (inf); the most gruelling part of my trip → der anstrengendste Teil meiner Reise
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

gruelling

grueling (Am) [ˈgrʊəlɪŋ] adj → estenuante
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

gruelling

(American) grueling (ˈgrueliŋ) adjective
exhausting. a gruelling race.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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