Meaning

2 senses

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

  2. A gruelling ordeal.

Examples

20 sentences

  1. It was grueling work.

    Це була виснажлива робота.

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  2. The team's schedule is grueling.

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  3. That was grueling.

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  4. It's grueling work.

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  5. He just could handle all this grueling pain.

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Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: gruellings
Singulargruelling
Pluralgruellings

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
grudgegrudginglygruelgruesomeC1gruffgrumbleC1
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