Backbreaking

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  backbreaking
       adj : characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion;
             especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way
             up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard
             labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many
             laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"


             [syn: {arduous}, {grueling}, {gruelling}, {hard}, {heavy},
              {laborious}, {punishing}, {toilsome}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "backbreaking":
     Herculean, annoying, arduous, besetting, bothersome, burdensome,
     crushing, effortful, forced, grueling, hard-earned, hard-fought,
     heavy, hefty, irksome, killing, labored, laborious, onerous,
     operose, oppressive, painful, plaguey, punishing, strained,
     strenuous, toilsome, tough, troublesome, trying, uphill, vexatious,
     wearisome