backbreaking

backbreaking
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

• Syn:
↑arduous, ↑grueling, ↑gruelling, ↑hard, ↑heavy, ↑laborious, ↑operose, ↑punishing, ↑toilsome
• Similar to: ↑effortful
• Derivationally related forms:

* * *

adj
arduous, exhausting, gruelling, strenuous, onerous, hard, heavy, crushing, laborious, punishing
COLLOQ. killing
≠ easy

* * *

[adjective]
exhausting, arduous, crushing, gruelling, hard, laborious, punishing, strenuous

* * *

\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjective
Etymology: back + breaking
: greatly taxing one's strength or endurance

backbreakinglabor

a backbreakingeffort

* * *

/bak"bray'king/, adj.
demanding great effort, endurance, etc.; exhausting: a backbreaking job.
[1780-90; BACK1 + BREAK + -ING2]

* * *

backˈbreaking adjective
Exhausting
• • •
Main Entry: ↑back

* * *

backbreaking UK [ˈbækˌbreɪkɪŋ] US adjective
physically very hard and tiring

Cleaning all the floors was backbreaking work.

Thesaurus: making you feel tiredsynonym

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • backbreaking — index onerous, operose Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • backbreaking — [adj] strenuous arduous, exhausting, grueling, hard, laborious, punishing, taxing, toilsome, wearisome; concept 538 …   New thesaurus

  • backbreaking — [bak′brāk΄iŋ] adj. requiring great physical exertion …   English World dictionary

  • backbreaking — adjective Date: 1851 extremely arduous, exhausting, or demoralizing ; oppressive < backbreaking labor > < backbreaking rents > • backbreaker noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • backbreaking — backbreaker, n. /bak bray king/, adj. demanding great effort, endurance, etc.; exhausting: a backbreaking job. Also, back breaking. [1780 90; BACK1 + BREAK + ING2] * * * …   Universalium

  • backbreaking — back|break|ing [ˈbækbreıkıŋ] adj backbreaking work is physically difficult and makes you very tired …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • backbreaking — back|break|ing [ bæk,breıkıŋ ] adjective physically very hard and tiring: Cleaning all the floors was backbreaking work …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • backbreaking — adjective backbreaking work is physically very difficult and makes you very tired …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • backbreaking — UK [ˈbækˌbreɪkɪŋ] / US adjective physically very hard and tiring Cleaning all the floors was backbreaking work …   English dictionary

  • backbreaking — back•break•ing [[t]ˈbækˌbreɪ kɪŋ[/t]] adj. demanding great effort, endurance, etc.: a backbreaking job[/ex] • Etymology: 1780–90 back′break er, n …   From formal English to slang

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”