3
laboured
3
lambasting
3
onerous
3
punish
3
redressing(verb, revenging)
3
reprising
3
straining
3
tortuous
3
torturing
3
wearing
2
Draconian
2
amercing
2
clayey
2
cloggy
2
crushing(adjective, demanding, exhausting)
2
excruciating(adjective, severe, demanding, exhausting, unbearable)
2
forced
2
impenetrable
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penalising
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stringent
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