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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɹʊə.lɪŋ/ [UK], /ˈɡɹu.lɪŋ/ [US], /ˈɡɹu.əl.ɪŋ/ [US] Audio: En-us-gruelling.ogg [US], en-au-gruelling.ogg [Australia] Forms: more gruelling [comparative], most gruelling [superlative]
Etymology: From present particle of gruel (“to exhaust, punish”), from gruel (noun). Etymology templates: {{m|en|gruel||to exhaust, punish}} gruel (“to exhaust, punish”), {{m|en|gruel|pos=noun}} gruel (noun) Head templates: {{en-adj}} gruelling (comparative more gruelling, superlative most gruelling)
  1. So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking. Synonyms (so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted): backbreaking, exhausting, taxing Translations (so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted): изтощителен (iztoštitelen) (Bulgarian), мъчителен (mǎčitelen) (Bulgarian), ardu (Catalan), vyčerpávající (Czech), vysilující (Czech), afmattend (Dutch), uitputtend (Dutch), uuvuttava (Finnish), éreintant (French), esgotador (Galician), zermürbend (German), estenuante (Italian), wyczerpujący (Polish), esgotante (Portuguese), exaustivo (Portuguese), изнури́тельный (iznurítelʹnyj) (Russian), истощающий (istoščajuščij) (Russian), iscrpljujući (Serbo-Croatian), penoso (Spanish), extenuante (Spanish), agotador (Spanish), виснажливий (vysnažlyvyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-gruelling-en-adj-Yqa1dQ7N
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: grueling

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɹʊə.lɪŋ/ [UK], /ˈɡɹu.lɪŋ/ [US], /ˈɡɹu.əl.ɪŋ/ [US] Audio: En-us-gruelling.ogg [US], en-au-gruelling.ogg [Australia] Forms: gruellings [plural]
Etymology: From present particle of gruel (“to exhaust, punish”), from gruel (noun). Etymology templates: {{m|en|gruel||to exhaust, punish}} gruel (“to exhaust, punish”), {{m|en|gruel|pos=noun}} gruel (noun) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gruelling (plural gruellings)
  1. (motor racing) A race in which the animal being raced finishes in a state of physical exhaustion. Categories (topical): Motor racing
    Sense id: en-gruelling-en-noun-EtrenjHd Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports
  2. A gruelling ordeal.
    Sense id: en-gruelling-en-noun-fmazBf7p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: grueling

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɹʊə.lɪŋ/ [UK], /ˈɡɹu.lɪŋ/ [US], /ˈɡɹu.əl.ɪŋ/ [US] Audio: En-us-gruelling.ogg [US], en-au-gruelling.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From present particle of gruel (“to exhaust, punish”), from gruel (noun). Etymology templates: {{m|en|gruel||to exhaust, punish}} gruel (“to exhaust, punish”), {{m|en|gruel|pos=noun}} gruel (noun) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} gruelling
  1. present participle and gerund of gruel Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: gruel
    Sense id: en-gruelling-en-verb-rHg18LZK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 23 1 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: grueling

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      "word": "изтощителен"
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      "sense": "so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted",
      "word": "ardu"
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      "sense": "so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted",
      "word": "vyčerpávající"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted",
      "word": "vysilující"
    },
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      "sense": "so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted",
      "word": "afmattend"
    },
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      "sense": "so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted",
      "word": "uitputtend"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted",
      "word": "uuvuttava"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted",
      "word": "éreintant"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted",
      "word": "esgotador"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted",
      "word": "zermürbend"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted",
      "word": "estenuante"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted",
      "word": "wyczerpujący"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted",
      "word": "esgotante"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted",
      "word": "exaustivo"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted",
      "word": "изнури́тельный"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted",
      "word": "истощающий"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted",
      "word": "iscrpljujući"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted",
      "word": "penoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted",
      "word": "extenuante"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted",
      "word": "agotador"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted",
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