Sekirov Dictionary

gruelling

UK /ˈɡɹʊə.lɪŋ/US /ˈɡɹu.lɪŋ/

noun 2
adjective 1
forms 3

noun2

•
A race in which the animal being raced finishes in a state of physical exhaustion.
- The course was given to the black puppy, but his chance was generally considered to have been utterly destroyed by the two gruellings he had received. — 1907
•
A gruelling ordeal.
- 'Give me a buzz when you think you can squeeze me in between English lit and the pinball championships and the gruellings of overwork, OK?' — 2005

adjective1

Very difficult or taxing; exhausting; backbreaking.

forms

gruellings · more gruelling · most gruelling

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