gruellingmainly UK
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Complicated and difficult to do
advanced
ambitious
ambitiously
another
arduous
formidable
formidably
get blood out of/from a stoneidiom
grail
gruelling
onerous
onerously
overdemanding
painstaking
picnic
trickily
tricky
tuff
ultra-sensitive
unintuitive
Related word
punishingly
punishing
noun
informaluk /ˈpʌn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ/ us /ˈpʌn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ/
take a punishing
to be damaged because of rough treatment: 被破坏，受到损耗
My tyres took quite a punishing on the rough terrain.我的车胎在崎岖的地面上磨损得很厉害。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Damaging and spoiling
adulterant
adulterate
adulterated
adulteration
applecart
butcher
drive a wedge between someoneidiom
dry rot
eat
eat away at something
erode
foul
queer
rain on someone's paradeidiom
rampage
ravage
ravages
seismic
sour
wreck
punishing | American Dictionary
punishing
adjective
us/ˈpʌn·ɪ·ʃɪŋ/
extremely difficult or tiring:
a punishing schedule