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gruelling

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gru⋅el⋅ing

  [groo-uh-ling, groo-ling]
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–adjective
1. exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe: the grueling Boston marathon.
–noun
2. any trying or exhausting procedure or experience.
Also, especially British, gru⋅el⋅ling.

Origin:
1850–55; slang gruel punishment (n.), punish (v.) + -ing 2 , -ing 1

Related forms:
gru⋅el⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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gru·el·ing also gru·el·ling   (grōō'ə-lĭng, grōō'lĭng)   
adj.  Physically or mentally demanding to the point of exhaustion: a grueling campaign.
gru'el·ing·ly adv.
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