Grueling — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɡɹˈuːəlɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡɹˈuːəlɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡɹˈuːəlɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /ɡɹˈuːəlɪŋ/.

Examples

worked their arduous way up the mining valley
a grueling campaign
hard labor

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

backbreaking toilsome laborious heavy hard gruelling punishing arduous operose

Parts of Speech

adjective

characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

“worked their arduous way up the mining valley”

Word Forms

arduousness	noun	extreme effortfulness
hardness	noun	the quality of being difficult to do
heaviness	noun	unwelcome burdensome difficulty
labor	noun	productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
laboriousness	noun	the quality of requiring extended effort
operoseness	noun	the quality of requiring extended effort
toilsomeness	noun	the quality of requiring extended effort

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

zermürbend

gekennzeichnet durch Anstrengung bis zur Erschöpfung; vor allem körperliche Anstrengung

🇫🇷French

épuisant

caractérisé par l'effort jusqu'à l'épuisement; surtout un effort physique

🇪🇸Spanish

agotador

caracterizado por el esfuerzo hasta el agotamiento; especialmente esfuerzo físico

🇮🇹Italian

estenuante

caratterizzato dallo sforzo fino all'esaurimento; soprattutto sforzo fisico

🇳🇱Dutch

afmattend

gekenmerkt door inspanning tot het punt van uitputting; vooral fysieke inspanning

🇵🇹Portuguese

cansativo

caracterizado pelo esforço até a exaustão; especialmente esforço físico

🇷🇺Russian

изнурительный

характеризуется напряжением до изнеможения; особенно физические усилия

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भीषण

थकावट के बिंदु तक प्रयास की विशेषता; विशेषकर शारीरिक प्रयास

🇧🇩Bengali

নিষ্ঠুর

ক্লান্তি বিন্দু প্রচেষ্টা দ্বারা চিহ্নিত করা; বিশেষ করে শারীরিক প্রচেষ্টা

🇮🇳Tamil

கடுமையான

சோர்வு நிலைக்கு முயற்சியால் வகைப்படுத்தப்படும்; குறிப்பாக உடல் உழைப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

కఠోరమైన

అలసిపోయే స్థాయికి ప్రయత్నం ద్వారా వర్గీకరించబడుతుంది; ముఖ్యంగా శారీరక శ్రమ

🇮🇳Marathi

त्रासदायक

थकवा च्या बिंदू प्रयत्न द्वारे दर्शविले; विशेषतः शारीरिक प्रयत्न

🇮🇳Gujarati

કર્કશ

થાક ના બિંદુ સુધી પ્રયત્નો દ્વારા વર્ગીકૃત; ખાસ કરીને શારીરિક પ્રયત્નો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಘೋರ

ಬಳಲಿಕೆಯ ಹಂತದವರೆಗೆ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನದಿಂದ ನಿರೂಪಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದೆ; ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ದೈಹಿಕ ಶ್ರಮ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കഠിനമായ

തളർച്ചയോളം പ്രയത്നിച്ച സ്വഭാവം; പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ശാരീരിക പ്രയത്നം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਦੁਖਦਾਈ

ਥਕਾਵਟ ਦੇ ਬਿੰਦੂ ਤੱਕ ਜਤਨ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਤਾ; ਖਾਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਸਰੀਰਕ ਮਿਹਨਤ

🇵🇰Urdu

دردناک

تھکن کے مقام تک کوشش کی خصوصیت؛ خاص طور پر جسمانی کوشش

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

严罚

其特点是努力到精疲力尽的程度；尤其是体力劳动

🇯🇵Japanese

厳しい

疲れ果てるまで努力するのが特徴。特に肉体的な努力

🇰🇷Korean

지독한

지칠 정도로 노력하는 것이 특징입니다. 특히 육체적인 노력

🇻🇳Vietnamese

mệt nhọc

đặc trưng bởi nỗ lực đến mức kiệt sức; đặc biệt là nỗ lực thể chất

🇹🇭Thai

ทรหด

โดดเด่นด้วยความพยายามจนหมดแรง โดยเฉพาะความพยายามทางกายภาพ

🇮🇩Indonesian

yg sangat melelahkan

ditandai dengan usaha sampai pada titik kelelahan; terutama upaya fisik

🇵🇭Filipino

nakakapanghina

nailalarawan sa pamamagitan ng pagsisikap hanggang sa punto ng pagkahapo; lalo na ang pisikal na pagsisikap

🇲🇾Malay

memenatkan

dicirikan oleh usaha hingga ke tahap keletihan; terutamanya usaha fizikal

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مرهقة

تتميز بالجهد إلى حد الإرهاق؛ وخاصة المجهود البدني

🇮🇷Persian

طاقت فرسا

مشخصه تلاش تا حد خستگی به خصوص تلاش بدنی

🇹🇷Turkish

yorucu

tükenme noktasına kadar çaba ile karakterize edilir; özellikle fiziksel çaba

🇮🇱Hebrew

מַתִישׁ

מאופיין במאמץ עד כדי תשישות; במיוחד מאמץ פיזי

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