Definitions for backbreakingˈbækˌbreɪ kɪŋ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
back•break•ingˈbækˌbreɪ kɪŋ(adj.)
demanding great effort, endurance, etc.:
a backbreaking job.
Origin of backbreaking:
1780–90
back′break`er(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome(adj)
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"
Wiktionary
backbreaking(Adjective)
Of work, very physically tiring.
Origin: back + breaking, that is, that breaks the back
Translations for backbreaking
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
backbreaking(adjective)
(of a task etc) very difficult or requiring very hard work
Digging the garden is a backbreaking job.
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- виснажливийUkrainian
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