Backbreaking
Backbreaking adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Usage example: modern machinery has significantly eased the backbreaking work of farming
Grievous and backbreaking are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Grievous" instead an adjective "Backbreaking".
Grievous
Grievous adjective - Difficult to endure.
Backbreaking and grievous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backbreaking" instead an adjective "Grievous".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- harsh and backbreaking
- harsh and grievous
- difficult and backbreaking
- difficult and grievous
- painful and backbreaking
- painful and grievous
- brutal and backbreaking
- brutal and grievous
- heavy and backbreaking
- heavy and grievous
- hard and backbreaking
- hard and grievous
- severe and backbreaking
- severe and grievous
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