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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.
Definition of gruelling adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
GRUELING definition: 1. extremely tiring and difficult, and demanding great effort and determination: 2. extremely…. Learn 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.
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.
Define gruelling. gruelling synonyms, gruelling pronunciation, gruelling translation, English dictionary definition of gruelling. also gru·el·ling adj. Physically or mentally demanding to the point of exhaustion: a grueling campaign. gru′el·ing·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of...
