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   gruelling

   /ˈɡruːəlɪŋ/

   adjective

   • 1. extremely tiring and demanding: "a gruelling schedule"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: from the verb gruel ‘exhaust, punish’, from an old phrase get one's gruel ‘receive one's punishment’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. gruellingly adverb

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   What is a gruelling activity?

   • 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. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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   • Get a quick, free translation! GRUELLING definition: extremely tiring and difficult, and demanding great effort and determination: . Learn more.

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   What is the adjective for grueling?

   • Familiarity information: GRUELING used as an adjective is very rare. arduous; backbreaking; grueling; gruelling; hard; heavy; laborious; operose; punishing; toilsome Learn English with...

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   What does it mean if a job is grueling?

   • 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. Once upon a time in a land far far away (like eighteenth century England) there was an expression, to “get one’s gruel,” which meant “receive one’s punishment.”

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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

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     gruelling translate: wyczerpujący, wyczerpujący. Learn more...

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     GRUELLING translate: extenuante, duro, duro, penoso;...

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   Learn the meaning of grueling, an adjective that describes something very difficult or tiring. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for grueling.

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   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.

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