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grueling

especially British, ··Բ

[groo-uh-ling, groo-ling]

adjective

  1. exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe.

    the grueling Boston marathon.



noun

  1. any trying or exhausting procedure or experience.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • gruelingly adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of grueling1

First recorded in 1850–55; slang gruel “punishment” (noun), “to punish” (verb) + -ing 1, -ing 2
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O’Hara’s audacious antics are stimulating at first, but there’s not enough dramatic interest to sustain such a grueling journey.

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He’s played a grueling schedule with AC Milan this season, one that concludes Sunday, a week before the national team reports to camp in Chicago.

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But as they mapped out ways to ease the burdens of a grueling 162-game season, they recognized other logistical benefits that could result from the added travel investment.

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Kelce, who has described the play as “grueling,” said in April that he wouldn’t characterize it as dangerous.

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Their rotation problems are giving the bullpen an unsustainably grueling workload.

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