grueling

also adj.
Physically or mentally demanding to the point of exhaustion: a grueling campaign.

gruelingly gru'el·ing·ly adv.

adj

Definition: difficult, taxing
Antonyms: easy, facile

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IN BRIEF: Requiring extreme effort.

The course for the bicycle race went up many hills and was extremely grueling for the racers.

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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, backbreaking, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - udmattende, yderst anstrengende

Français (French)
adj. - exténuant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - aufreibend, erschöpfend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εξουθενωτικός

Italiano (Italian)
estenuante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - exaustivo, desagradável

Русский (Russian)
изнурительный, отвратительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - agotador, cansado, penoso, duro

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - mycket ansträngande, skarp

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
重罚的, 严惩的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 重罰的, 嚴懲的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 엄한, 힘 빠지게 하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 疲れ果てさせる
n. - ひどい仕打ち

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קשה, מתיש‬

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