Backbreaking
Backbreaking adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Tough going and backbreaking are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tough going" instead an adjective "Backbreaking".
Tough going
Backbreaking and tough going are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backbreaking" instead an adjective phrase "Tough going".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- strenuous and backbreaking
- strenuous and tough going
- demanding and backbreaking
- demanding and tough going
- hard and backbreaking
- hard and tough going
- tough and backbreaking
- tough and tough going
- laborious and backbreaking
- laborious and tough going
- arduous and backbreaking
- arduous and tough going
- tiring and backbreaking
- tiring and tough going
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Tough going and Backbreaking. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/backbreaking/tough_going
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