Backbreaking
Backbreaking adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Usage example: modern machinery has significantly eased the backbreaking work of farming
Labored and backbreaking are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Labored" instead an adjective "Backbreaking".
Labored
Labored adjective - Requiring or showing effort.
Backbreaking and labored are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backbreaking" instead an adjective "Labored".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- strenuous and backbreaking
- strenuous and labored
- stiff and backbreaking
- stiff and labored
- difficult and backbreaking
- difficult and labored
- heavy and backbreaking
- heavy and labored
- hard and backbreaking
- hard and labored
- tough and backbreaking
- tough and labored
- exacting and backbreaking
- exacting and labored
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