Exact Match:
- crushing
- physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing"
Synonyms:
- Herculean,
- annoying,
- arduous,
- awkward,
- backbreaking,
- besetting,
- bothersome,
- burdensome,
- chastening,
- disconcerting,
- disturbing,
- effortful,
- embarrassing,
- forced,
- grueling,
- hard-earned,
- hard-fought,
- heavy,
- hefty,
- humbling,
- humiliating,
- humiliative,
- irksome,
- killing,
- labored,
- laborious,
- mortifying,
- onerous,
- operose,
- oppressive,
- painful,
- plaguey,
- punishing,
- strained,
- strenuous,
- toilsome,
- tough,
- troublesome,
- trying,
- uphill,
- vexatious,
- wearisome