grueling

Thân thiện

The hikers completed the grueling climb to the mountain summit.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Extremely tiring and demanding: Describes an activity, task, or period of time that requires a very great amount of effort and is exhausting, both physically and/or mentally.

Usage

The adjective "grueling" is used to modify nouns that refer to tasks, activities, or experiences. It emphasizes the extreme difficulty and the exhausting nature of the subject. It is typically used before a noun (e.g., a grueling test) or after a linking verb like "be" or "seem" (e.g., The journey was grueling).

Examples

• The marathon was a grueling test of endurance for all the runners.
• She prepared for the exam through months of grueling study.
• After a grueling 12-hour shift at the hospital, the doctor was completely exhausted.
• The team faced a grueling schedule of ten games in two weeks.

Advanced Usage

• "to find something grueling": to experience an activity as extremely tiring and difficult.
  • Many students find the final examination period particularly grueling.
• Used to describe metaphorical or non-physical challenges:
  • The negotiations were a grueling process that lasted for days.

Variants and Related Words

• Gruelling: (Adjective) The British English spelling of "grueling". The meaning is identical.
• Gruelingly: (Adverb) In an extremely tiring and demanding manner.
  • The team trained gruelingly for the championship.

Synonyms

• Arduous: Involving strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.
• Strenuous: Requiring or using great effort or exertion.
• Punishing: Severely demanding; arduous.
• Taxing: Physically or mentally demanding.

Antonyms

• Easy: Achieved without great effort; presenting few difficulties.
• Effortless: Requiring no physical or mental exertion.
• Undemanding: Not requiring much skill, effort, or attention.

Idioms and Common Phrases

(While "grueling" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is commonly used in the following patterns:) - A grueling ordeal: A very difficult and painful experience. - Surviving in the wilderness for a week was a grueling ordeal. - Grueling pace: An extremely fast and demanding rate of work or activity. - The project moved at a grueling pace to meet the deadline.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. 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