backbreaking

adj.
Demanding great exertion; arduous and exhausting.

backbreaker back'break'er n.

adjective

Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength: arduous, burdensome, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, exigent, formidable, hard, heavy, laborious, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, rough, severe, taxing, tough, trying, weighty. See heavy/light.

adj

Definition: grueling
Antonyms: easy, effortless

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
  Synonyms: arduous, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - opslidende, radbrækkende

Français (French)
adj. - éreintant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Schwerst-

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κοπιαστικός, εξαντλητικός

Italiano (Italian)
massacrante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - árduo (trabalho)

Русский (Russian)
изнурительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - agobiador, agotador, matador

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - mycket slitsam

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
非常辛劳的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 非常辛勞的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 소모 시키는, 몹시 힘드는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 骨の折れる

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מפרך, קשה‬

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