gruelling

gru·el·ing

also gru·el·ling  (gro͞o′ə-lĭng, gro͞o′lĭng)

adj.

Physically or mentally demanding to the point of exhaustion: a grueling campaign.

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gru′el·ing·ly adv.

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gruelling

(ˈɡruːəlɪŋ) or

grueling

adj

severe or tiring: a gruelling interview.

n

informal a severe experience, esp punishment

[C19: from now obsolete vb gruel to exhaust, punish]

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gruelling

- Comes from the verb gruel, "to exhaust, punish."

See also related terms for punish.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

gruelling - characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace" arduous, backbreaking, grueling, laborious, operose, toilsome, punishing, hard, heavy effortful - requiring great physical effort

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gruelling

adjective exhausting, demanding, difficult, tiring, trying, hard, taxing, grinding, severe, crushing, fierce, punishing, harsh, stiff, brutal, fatiguing, strenuous, arduous, laborious, backbreaking The flight was more gruelling than I had expected.
light, easy, pleasant, enjoyable, undemanding, cushy (informal)

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Translations

مُرْهِق، مُنْهِك

vyčerpávající

udmattende

zermürbend

épuisant

lÿjandi

estenuantemassacrantesnervante

sekinantis

nogurdinošs

utmattendeytterst krevende

güç ve yorucuzahmetli

使精疲力尽的

gruelling

grueling (US) [ˈgrʊəlɪŋ] ADJ [task] → penoso, duro; [match, race] → agotador

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gruelling

[ˈgruːəlɪŋ] grueling (US) adj [schedule, day] → exténuant(e); [race, competition] → exténuant(e)

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gruelling

, (US) grueling

adj schedule, journey, day, week → (äußerst) anstrengend; pace, conditions → mörderisch (inf); race, match, event → (äußerst) strapaziös; talks, negotiations → aufreibend; 200 gruelling miles → 200 mörderische Meilen (inf); the most gruelling part of my trip → der anstrengendste Teil meiner Reise

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gruelling

grueling (Am) [ˈgrʊəlɪŋ] adj → estenuante

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

gruelling

(American) grueling (ˈgrueliŋ) adjective

exhausting. a gruelling race. moordende, uitputtende مُرْهِق، مُنْهِك изтощителен estafante vyčerpávající zermürbend udmattende εξαντλητικός duro, penoso; agotador kurnav طاقت فرسا uuvuttava épuisant מתיש थकाने वाला iscrpljujuć kimerítő melelahkan lÿjandi faticoso 疲れさせる 기진 맥진하게 하는 varginantis, sekinantis nogurdinošs menjerihkan afmattend, slopend ytterst krevende, utmattendewyczerpujący اوماچ، اوماچك estafante epuizant изнурительный vyčerpávajúci naporen zamoran mycket ansträngande, hård ทำให้เหนื่อย güç ve yorucu, zahmetli 令人精疲力盡的 виснажливий تھکانے والا làm kiệt sức 使精疲力尽的

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