backbreaking

English

Alternative forms

back-breaking

Etymology

back +‎ breaking

Adjective

backbreaking (comparative more backbreaking, superlative most backbreaking)

(figuratively) Of work, very physically tiring.

Derived terms

backbreakingly

Translations

of work, very physically tiring

Finnish: uuvuttava (fi)
Hungarian: fárasztó (hu), kimerítő (hu)

Icelandic: lýjandi, erfiður (is)
Italian: estenuante (it), massacrante (it)

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