Backbreaking
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Backbreaking is an adjective meaning (figuratively) Of work, very physically tiring.
Meaning
(figuratively) Of work, very physically tiring.
Example Sentences
Ahead [...] each woman is stooped beneath a backbreaking load of firewood.
A few keen enginemen, such as Driver Rosewarne of York, could coax good work out of them when engaged in heavy East Coast express service, but to most footplate crews, especially firemen, they were rather heartbreaking and backbreaking machines, and gradually were relegated to secondary or fast goods duties.
Word Forms
- back-breaking
Synonyms for backbreaking
Depending on context, synonyms include arduous, heavy, hard, grueling, effortful, gruelling.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include toilsome, laborious, labourious, arduous, gruelling, punishing.
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