backbreaking
backbreaking adjective: of work, very physically tiring.
Adjective
backbreaking (comparative more backbreaking, superlative most backbreaking)
- Of work, very physically tiring.
- 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...1949 May and June, R. A. H. Weight, “A Short-Lived Pacific Class”, in Railway Magazine, page 196
- Ahead [...] each woman is stooped beneath a backbreaking load of firewood.2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 110
backbreaking meaning in Bengali and Kannada
backbreaking in Bengali
- কঠিন, শ্রমসাধ্য
backbreaking in Kannada
- ಅತಿಕಷ್ಟವಾದ, ಶ್ರಮದಾಯಕವಾದ
Forms of backbreaking
| comparative | more backbreaking |
|---|---|
| superlative | most backbreaking |
| alternative form | back-breaking |
Origin of backbreaking
From back + breaking.
Words formed from backbreaking
Questions about backbreaking
- What does backbreaking mean?
- Backbreaking means of work, very physically tiring.
- What is backbreaking in Bengali?
- Backbreaking in Bengali is কঠিন, শ্রমসাধ্য. See Backbreaking meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is backbreaking?
- Backbreaking is an adjective.
Words near backbreaking in the dictionary
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