backbreaking

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• backbreaking — index onerous, operose Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• backbreaking — [adj] strenuous arduous, exhausting, grueling, hard, laborious, punishing, taxing, toilsome, wearisome; concept 538 …   New thesaurus

• backbreaking — [bak′brāk΄iŋ] adj. requiring great physical exertion …   English World dictionary

• backbreaking — adjective 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 …   Useful english dictionary

• backbreaking — adjective Date: 1851 extremely arduous, exhausting, or demoralizing ; oppressive < backbreaking labor > < backbreaking rents > • backbreaker noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• backbreaking — backbreaker, n. /bak bray king/, adj. demanding great effort, endurance, etc.; exhausting: a backbreaking job. Also, back breaking. [1780 90; BACK1 + BREAK + ING2] * * * …   Universalium

• backbreaking — back|break|ing [ˈbækbreıkıŋ] adj backbreaking work is physically difficult and makes you very tired …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• backbreaking — back|break|ing [ bæk,breıkıŋ ] adjective physically very hard and tiring: Cleaning all the floors was backbreaking work …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• backbreaking — adjective backbreaking work is physically very difficult and makes you very tired …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• backbreaking — UK [ˈbækˌbreɪkɪŋ] / US adjective physically very hard and tiring Cleaning all the floors was backbreaking work …   English dictionary

• backbreaking — back•break•ing [[t]ˈbækˌbreɪ kɪŋ[/t]] adj. demanding great effort, endurance, etc.: a backbreaking job[/ex] • Etymology: 1780–90 back′break er, n …   From formal English to slang