Backbreaking
Backbreaking adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Usage example: modern machinery has significantly eased the backbreaking work of farming
Thorny and backbreaking are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thorny" instead an adjective "Backbreaking".
Thorny
Thorny adjective - Having leaves or branches which are likely to cause a scratch.
Backbreaking and thorny are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backbreaking" instead an adjective "Thorny".
Nearby Word: thorn
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- strenuous and backbreaking
- strenuous and thorny
- demanding and backbreaking
- demanding and thorny
- difficult and backbreaking
- difficult and thorny
- heavy and backbreaking
- heavy and thorny
- hard and backbreaking
- hard and thorny
- severe and backbreaking
- severe and thorny
- tough and backbreaking
- tough and thorny
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