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backbreaking

Adjective

∙ Of work, very physically tiring. figuratively

BABYLON ENGLISH
backbreaking adj.
laborious, strenuous, physically exhausting

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
backbreaking
backbreaking
adj : characterized by toilsome 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" [syn: arduous, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome]

WORDNET 2.0
backbreaking
Adjective
1. characterized by toilsome 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"
(synonym) arduous, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, punishing, toilsome
(similar) effortful

WIKTIONARY - Yabla

backbreaking

Adjective

∙ Of work, very physically tiring. figuratively

BABYLON ENGLISH
backbreaking adj.
laborious, strenuous, physically exhausting

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
backbreaking
backbreaking
adj : characterized by toilsome 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" [syn: arduous, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome]

WORDNET 2.0
backbreaking
Adjective
1. characterized by toilsome 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"
(synonym) arduous, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, punishing, toilsome
(similar) effortful

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