Synonyms of grinding (down)

grinding (down)

verb

present participle of grind (down)

as in overwhelming

to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress

the workers are being ground down by the long work hours which leave them little time for anything else

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overwhelming
• devastating
• overcoming
• crushing
• snowing under
• oppressing
• overpowering
• overmastering
• swamping
• flooring
• disturbing
• rocking
• prostrating
• drowning
• whelming
• defeating
• sinking
• upsetting
• shattering
• distressing
• refuting
• throwing
• staggering
• deluging
• unnerving
• demoralizing
• confuting
• breaking
• unmanning