Synonyms for grueling
gru·el·ing

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1. arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsomeadjective

   characterized by 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"

   Synonyms:
   backbreaking, sullen, ponderous, laborious, overweight, toilsome, intemperate, sound, wakeless, dense, with child(p), threatening, grave, straining, severe, cloggy, lumbering, large(p), great(p), clayey, enceinte, voiceless, grievous, tough, fleshy, weighed down, hard, weighty, unvoiced, gruelling, expectant, concentrated, lowering, surd, heavy(a), sonorous, impenetrable, arduous, operose, strenuous, heavy, heavy(p), big(a), labored, profound, difficult, laboured, punishing, strong, gravid, big(p), leaden, knockout

   Antonyms:
   effortless

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1. Peter Kenny:

   It has been long, it has been at times grueling, and it is tired.

2. Lori Tremmel Freeman:

   The work of state and local health departments is hard. It's grueling work. It's extremely rewarding work but at the same time it doesn't pay very well, it's not competitive with the private sector, so it's good news and it's bad news.

3. Gretchen Whitmer:

   Today is an exciting, happy, joyful moment, it’s been a grueling 15 months.

4. Michael McDowell:

   Yeah it's a long grueling race. It's trying on not just on the drivers, but on the race cars and the teams. we were fortunate to have a few race cars that were spared in the fires.

5. Dave Lancaster:

   Dave Lancaster shed the pounds with a grueling walking routine fueled by Weetabix, fresh fruit and vegetables and lean meat and fish. Dave Lancaster started small walking going from bench to bench in Dave Lancaster local park. But Dave Lancaster never gave up and soon covered 10 miles a day - even scaling Wales' tallest mountain Snowdon. I like this form of exercise because instead of costing me, like a gym membership or exercise class would, it saves me money on gas. Now instead of meeting friends at my house, they join me for a walk !