gruelling
gruelling · more gruelling · most gruelling
виснажливий
изнурительный, истощающий
zermürbend
Very difficult or taxingVery difficult or taxing; exhausting; backbreaking.
UK/ˈɡɹʊə.lɪŋ/US/ˈɡɹu.lɪŋ/
Meaning
1 senses(UK)Very difficult or taxing; exhausting; backbreaking.
zermürbend
изнури́тельныйiznurítelʹnyj, истощающийistoščajuščij
виснажливийvysnažlyvyj
More definitions
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
Examples
20 sentencesIt was grueling work.
Це була виснажлива робота. — deniko
The team's schedule is grueling.
That was grueling.
It's grueling work.
He just could handle all this grueling pain.
Translations
8 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
very difficult or taxing:
Русский
By meaning 1
very difficult or taxing:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
very difficult or taxing:
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
more gruelling, most gruelling| Comparative | more gruelling Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most gruelling Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
11 synonymsso difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted:exhaustingB2backbreakingtaxing
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedgruellingly
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.