Grueling
Grueling adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Usage example: running a marathon is grueling
Soft
Soft adjective - Involving minimal difficulty or effort.
Usage example: looking for a soft job in local government
Both words in one sentence
-
Pet the Dog: After a full day of nonstop, grueling exercises, an exhausted Higgins finally offers Eliza a few soft words of encouragement.
Source: Theatre / My Fair Lady - It's implied it's going to help Mason's career; because of his padded record and soft fights, he was thought as a paper champion due to having never been through a grueling fight.
Source: Status Quo Game Show
Cite this Source
Soft and Grueling. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/grueling/soft
Grueling & Soft. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/grueling/soft>.
Soft or Grueling. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/grueling/soft.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "grueling" and "soft" have occurred on timeline