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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
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.
: 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' Word Frequency. gruelling. (gruːəlɪŋ ) regional note: in AM, use grueling. adjective. 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.
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.
adjective. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort. “a grueling campaign” synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome. effortful. requiring great physical effort. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Grueling."
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...
Definition of gruelling adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of gruelling. adjective. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort. synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome. effortful.
