backbreaking

Meaning

Of work, very physically tiring.

Synonyms

arduous
27k
heavy
B1
laborious
47k
gruelling
47k
punishing
C1
toilsome
hard
A1
onerous
exhausting
C2
grueling
28k
operose
ponderous
toiling
36k
tough
A2
unbearable
C1
wearisome
weighted
31k
weighty
45k

labourious

very hard

laboursome

tireful

drudging
excessive
C1
heavy-duty
32k
laboring
43k
labouring
leaden
lumbering
46k
painful
B2
painstaking
36k
plodding
Translations

erschöpfend
ardu
massacrante

arduo

penoso
penoso
ardu

fatigós

feixuc

esgotador

pesat
mühsam

επίπονος

κοπιαστικός

aufreibend
Etymology

From back + breaking.

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