GRUELLING
arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
gruelling (comparative more gruelling, superlative most gruelling)
So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
Synonyms
• (so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted): backbreaking, exhausting
Noun
gruelling (plural gruellings)
(racing) A race in which the animal being raced finishes in a state of physical exhaustion.
A gruelling ordeal.
Source: Wiktionary
GRUEL
Gru"el, n. Etym: [OF. gruel, F. gruau; of German origin; cf. OHG. gruzzi groats, G. grĂĽtze, As. grut. See Grout.]
Definition: A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal, or fiour in water or milk; thin porridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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