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laborious
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arduous
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exhausting
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hard
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strenuous
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backbreaking
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grueling
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difficult
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onerous
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operose
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punishing
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heavy
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toilsome
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burdensome
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tiring
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tough
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painful
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wearing
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wearying
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fatiguing
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APASmart Define. (2016). gruelling thesaurus. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/gruelling/thesaurus/synonyms
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