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- 1. (of manual labour) physically demanding: "a day's back-breaking work"
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adjective. back· break· ing ˈbak-ˌbrā-kiŋ. Synonyms of backbreaking. : extremely arduous, exhausting, or demoralizing. backbreaking labor. backbreaking rents. backbreaker. ˈbak-ˌbrā-kər. noun. Synonyms. arduous. Augean. challenging. demanding. difficult. effortful. exacting. formidable. grueling. gruelling. hard. heavy. hellacious. herculean.
needing a lot of hard, physical effort and making you feel extremely tired: Digging the vegetable garden was backbreaking work. Synonyms. arduous. gruelling mainly UK. hard. heavy. punishing. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Complicated and difficult to do. advanced. ambitiously. another. arduous. formidably.
Backbreaking definition: demanding great effort, endurance, etc.; exhausting. See examples of BACKBREAKING used in a sentence.
When something is backbreaking it requires a lot of physically difficult work. You'll be exhausted after a long day of backbreaking work on a farm. Backbreaking work doesn't literally break your back, but it will probably make it ache, which explains the origin of this adjective.
Synonyms for BACKBREAKING: difficult, challenging, tough, rigorous, demanding, hard, formidable, heavy; Antonyms of BACKBREAKING: easy, simple, cheap, light, effortless, mindless, undemanding, soft.
backbreaking. These are words and phrases related to backbreaking. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of backbreaking. HERCULEAN. Synonyms. herculean. strenuous. laborious. arduous. exhausting. wearying. fatiguing. toilsome. burdensome. difficult. onerous. prodigious. formidable. Antonyms. easy.
adjective characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort. Etymologies. from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. back + breaking, that is, that breaks the back. Support. Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word backbreaking . Examples.
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What does backbreaking mean? backbreaking ( English) Alternative forms. back-breaking. Origin & history. back + breaking, that is, that breaks the back. Adjective. backbreaking ( comparative more backbreaking, superlative most backbreaking) ( figuratively) Of work, very physically tiring. Derived words & phrases. Translations. Examples.
back-breaking. Extremely difficult and exhausting; mentally or physically taxing, to the point of feeling like one's body or spirit will break. Though usually used in reference to physical labor, it can refer figuratively to any job, activity, or task.
