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adjective
- 1. extremely tiring and demanding: "a gruelling schedule"
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extremely tiring and difficult, and demanding great effort and determination: Junior doctors often have to work a gruelling 100-hour week. He eventually won the match after five gruelling sets. Synonyms. arduous. backbreaking. hard. heavy. punishing. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Complicated and difficult to do. advanced. ambitiously
: trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing. a grueling race. gruelingly. ˈgrü-ə-liŋ-lē. adverb. Synonyms. arduous. Augean. backbreaking. challenging. demanding. difficult. effortful. exacting. formidable. hard. heavy. hellacious. herculean. killer. laborious.
GRUELING definition: 1. extremely tiring and difficult, and demanding great effort and determination: 2. extremely…. Learn more.
A gruelling activity is extremely difficult and tiring to do. He had complained of exhaustion after his gruelling schedule over the past week. This flight was more gruelling than I had expected. Synonyms: exhausting, demanding, difficult, tiring More Synonyms of gruelling. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Definition of gruelling adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If a job is grueling, that means it is really difficult. If a race is grueling, that means it is really difficult. If a trip to the dentist is grueling, that means you need to toughen up.
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort. synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome. effortful. requiring great physical effort.
Gruelling definition: severe or tiring. See examples of GRUELLING used in a sentence.
extremely tiring and difficult, and demanding great effort and determination: Runners are taking part in a grueling 100-mile race in the mountains above Los Angeles. He eventually won the match after five grueling sets. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Complicated and difficult to do. advanced. ambitiously. another. arduous. formidable.
Grueling definition: exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe. See examples of GRUELING used in a sentence.
