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backbreaker
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | challenging, urgent |
| Synonyms: | ambitious, backbreaker, bothersome, clamorous, critical, dictatorial, difficult, exacting, exhausting, exigent, fussy, grievous, hard, imperious, importunate, insistent, nagging, onerous, oppressive, pressing, querulous, strict, stringent, taxing, tough, troublesome, trying, wearing, weighty |
| Antonyms: | easy, facile, trivial, unchallenging, undemanding |
| Main Entry: | drudgery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard, tedious work |
| Synonyms: | backbreaker, chore, daily grind, elbow grease, grind*, gruntwork, labor, menial labor, rat race, slavery, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, workout |
| Antonyms: | snap |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sweat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard work |
| Synonyms: | backbreaker, chore, drudgery, effort, grind, labor, moil, slavery, task, toil, travail, work |
| Antonyms: | entertainment, recreation |
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