Backbreaking (Adjective)
Meaning
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The coal miners performed backbreaking work in the depths of the mine for hours on end with little rest.
- Completing the marathon required a huge amount of training and dedication to overcome the backbreaking physical demands of the event.
- The backbreaking task of moving the massive boulder took a team of workers all day to accomplish.
- Farmers often engage in backbreaking labor from dawn till dusk, six days a week, to make ends meet.
- After a few hours of backbreaking yard work, Diane took a well-deserved break to cool off and rehydrate.