Backbreaking
Backbreaking adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Usage example: modern machinery has significantly eased the backbreaking work of farming
Rugged and backbreaking are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rugged" instead an adjective "Backbreaking".
Rugged
Rugged adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Usage example: even more rugged than most ultramarathons, this one crosses a desert
Backbreaking and rugged are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backbreaking" instead an adjective "Rugged".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- strenuous and backbreaking
- strenuous and rugged
- demanding and backbreaking
- demanding and rugged
- harsh and backbreaking
- harsh and rugged
- difficult and backbreaking
- difficult and rugged
- rough and backbreaking
- rough and rugged
- brutal and backbreaking
- brutal and rugged
- heavy and backbreaking
- heavy and rugged
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