gruelling

Meaning

Adj

Very difficult or taxing; exhausting; backbreaking.

Noun

1. A race in which the animal being raced finishes in a state of physical exhaustion.
2. A gruelling ordeal.

Verb

present participle and gerund of gruel

gruel

• Noun
• Verb

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Synonyms

exhausting

grueling

arduous

tiring

backbreaking

toilsome

heavy

laborious

punishing

grueling

agonizing

excruciating

hard

strenuous

tiresome

wearisome

operose

agonising

laboursome

fatiguing

cumbersome

trying

vexing

wasting

wearing

tireful

painful

painstaking

onerous

straining

labourious

Translations

penoso

estenuante

agotador

ardu

exténuant

penoso

massacrante

arduo

pénible

éreintant

fatigós

erschöpfend

uitputtend

zermürbend

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɹʊə.lɪŋ/

Etymology

From present particle of gruel (“to exhaust, punish”), from gruel (noun).