English Explanatory Dictionary

gruelling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Very difficult or taxing; exhausting; backbreaking.
noun
  1. A race in which the animal being raced finishes in a state of physical exhaustion.
  2. A gruelling ordeal.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of gruel

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɹʊə.lɪŋ/ /ˈɡɹu.lɪŋ/ /ˈɡɹu.əl.ɪŋ/ En-us-gruelling.ogg en-au-gruelling.ogg

Word forms

gruelling more gruelling most gruelling gruellings

Etymology

From present participle of gruel (“to exhaust, punish”), from gruel (noun).

Synonyms

backbreaking exhausting taxing

Derived words

gruellingly
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on G Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary