gruelling
pronunciation
How to pronounce gruelling in British English:
UK [ˈgru:əlɪŋ]
How to pronounce gruelling in American English:
US [ˈɡruəlɪŋ, ˈɡrulɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
Word Origin
- gruelling (adj.)
- also grueling, "exhausting, punishing," 1852, present participle adjective from gruel (v.) "to punish," from late 18c. slang get (or have) one's gruel "receive one's punishment," from gruel (n.).
Example
- 1. The most gruelling part of my trip .
- 2. A return to lower compensation would also hit hard in a world where bankers have grown used to working gruelling hours and changing employers regularly .
- 3. It commemorates a trek more gruelling than the tourists who gawp at it can imagine .
- 4. It is a gruelling schedule , but one that sevilla are viewing as a reward for their rise among the continent 's football elite .
- 5. Supporters of obama claimed romney had won nearly all of the debates during his gruelling nomination process .