📖 Definitions of "Backbreaking"
adjective
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Of work, very physically tiring.
🔄 Synonyms of "Backbreaking"
10 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| arduous | Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance. |
| heavynoun | (of any physical thing) Having great weight. |
| hardnoun | (of material or fluid) Solid and firm. |
| gruelingnoun | Alternative spelling of gruelling. [Very difficult or taxing; exhausting; backbreaking.] |
| effortful | Requiring or showing effort. |
| gruellingnoun | Very difficult or taxing; exhausting; backbreaking. |
| laborious | Requiring much physical effort; toilsome. |
| toilsome | Requiring continuous physical effort; laborious. |
| punishingnoun | That punishes physically and/or mentally; arduous, gruelling, demanding. |
| labourious | Obsolete form of laborious. [Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.] |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Backbreaking"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| toilsome | Requiring continuous physical effort; laborious. |
| laborious | Requiring much physical effort; toilsome. |
| labourious | Obsolete form of laborious. [Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.] |
| arduous | Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance. |
| gruellingnoun | Very difficult or taxing; exhausting; backbreaking. |
| punishingnoun | That punishes physically and/or mentally; arduous, gruelling, demanding. |
| effortful | Requiring or showing effort. |
| hardnoun | (of material or fluid) Solid and firm. |
| gruelingnoun | Alternative spelling of gruelling. [Very difficult or taxing; exhausting; backbreaking.] |
| heavynoun | (of any physical thing) Having great weight. |
| back-breaking | Alternative form of backbreaking. [(figuratively) Of work, very physically tiring.] |
| breakbacknoun | Synonym of backbreaking (“of work, very physically tiring”). |
| onerous | Imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome. |
| grindingnoun | (dance) A form of dance in which two people rub their bodies together. |
| strenuous | (of a task) Requiring great exertion; very laborious. |
| ponderous | Heavy, massive, weighty. |
| workynoun | Alternative spelling of workie. [(slang) An intern.] |
| labor-intensive | (American spelling) Requiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort versus capital. |
| burdensome | Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding |
| bruisingnoun | Bruises on a person's skin. |
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