grueling
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Synonyms
arduous, Augean, backbreaking, challenging, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, formidable, hard, heavy, hellacious, herculean, killer, laborious, moiling, murderous, pick-and-shovel, rigorous, rough, rugged, severe, stiff, strenuous, sweaty, tall, testing, toilsome, tough, uphill
Antonyms
cheap, easy, effortless, facile, light, mindless, simple, soft, undemanding
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For 40 minutes, the TV chef most of us know for dreaming up tasty shortcuts in the kitchen takes viewers on a brave and grueling journey from diagnosis through surgery and a painful recovery. — Christine Kopaczewski, Good Housekeeping, "Sandra Lee Gives Us a Deeper Look at Her Breast Cancer Battle in a New HBO Documentary," 8 Oct. 2018 Experts are vetted through a fairly grueling process, with credentials, education, and background verified. — Mary Hunt, Woman's Day, "8 Easy Ways to Make Money Online," 12 June 2018 Outside Damascus, Daraya was left an empty ruin after all its population was removed in a deal last year that ended a destructive and grueling siege by Assad’s military. — Washington Post, "Syria starts rebuilding even as more destruction wreaked," 26 Feb. 2018 The operation, based 200 miles inside the Arctic Circle, sounds like particularly grueling place to train. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "It Looks Like Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Won't Be Spending Valentine's Day Together," 28 Jan. 2019 TPC River Highlands plays host to an awesome field this week despite falling the week after the most grueling golf tournament in the world. — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, "Travelers Championship Preview: History, Field, Odds, Predictions," 20 June 2018 In a Facebook post chronicling his adventures, Plain said Denali was the most grueling and frightening climb so far. — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, "Aussie conquers Denali, then heads to Everest in effort to set Seven Summits speed record," 18 Apr. 2018 Now, in what amounts to days after Arie called off the engagement, Becca is entering the most grueling search for love on the planet. — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, "Is Becca Kufrin Ready For The Bachelorette?," 7 Mar. 2018 Thousands of migrants on the Mexico side of the border are living in crowded tent cities in Tijuana after a grueling weekslong journey through Mexico on foot and hitching rides with the goal of applying for asylum in the U.S. — Marko Alvarez, The Seattle Times, "Border patrol: More families cross illegally to San Diego," 4 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'grueling.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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