backbreaking
/ˈbækbreɪkɪŋ/adjective
उच्चारण बैक्ब्रेकिंग
कमरतोड़, बहुत थका देने वाला (शारीरिक काम)
Core word
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[usually before noun]
(of physical work) very hard and tiring
कमरतोड़, बहुत थका देने वाला (शारीरिक काम)
- Cutting sugar cane by hand is backbreaking work.
- Farmers spent backbreaking hours planting rice in the fields.
- Carrying bricks up the ladder is backbreaking work.
+ 2 more examples
- Brick makers do backbreaking labour in the heat all day.
- After a backbreaking day in the fields, they slept early.
Synonyms gruelling arduous strenuous exhausting punishing
Opposite easy effortless light
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
backbreaking + noun
Backbreaking describes physical work that is very hard and tiring; it usually comes before the noun.
'Backbreaking' अत्यंत कठिन और थकाने वाले शारीरिक काम का वर्णन करता है; यह प्रायः noun से पहले आता है।
- Harvesting wheat is backbreaking work.
- The labourers did backbreaking labour in the sun.
be + backbreaking
It can also come after be.
यह 'be' के बाद भी आ सकता है।
- Carrying bricks up the stairs was backbreaking.
backbreaking + task / toil
It goes with words for hard physical effort: work, toil, task, labour.
यह कठोर शारीरिक श्रम बताने वाले शब्दों के साथ आता है: work, toil, task, labour।
- The backbreaking task of digging the well took a month.
spelling
It is written as one word, backbreaking, or with a hyphen, back-breaking.
इसे एक शब्द 'backbreaking' या hyphen के साथ 'back-breaking' लिखा जा सकता है।
- It was back-breaking work for the farmers.
+Collocations 4
backbreaking + noun
worklabourtoiltaskeffortjob
- Breaking stones is backbreaking work.
adverb + backbreaking
utterlytrulyphysicallyreallyexhausting and
- Rice planting is truly backbreaking in the monsoon.
verb + backbreaking
doendureavoiddescribeinvolve
- Farm workers endure backbreaking labour for low pay.
backbreaking + situations
dayjourneyclimbscheduleharvest
- The backbreaking climb took the trekkers five hours.
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- After a backbreaking day at the construction site, he slept at once.
निर्माण स्थल पर कमरतोड़ दिन के बाद वह तुरंत सो गया।
- Radhika's grandfather did backbreaking work to educate his children.
राधिका के दादा ने अपने बच्चों को पढ़ाने के लिए कमरतोड़ मेहनत की।
- Pulling a cart all day is backbreaking.
दिन भर गाड़ी खींचना कमरतोड़ काम है।
- The villagers cleared the fields by backbreaking effort.
ग्रामीणों ने कमरतोड़ प्रयास से खेत साफ़ किए।
- Cutting sugarcane is backbreaking work in the heat.
गर्मी में गन्ना काटना कमरतोड़ काम है।
- Women in the village carry water over long distances, which is backbreaking work.
गाँव की महिलाएँ पानी लेकर लंबी दूरी तय करती हैं, जो कमरतोड़ काम है।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ He did a backbreaking works.
✓ He did backbreaking work.
Work, in this sense, is uncountable and has no article or plural.
इस अर्थ में 'work' uncountable है; इसके साथ article या बहुवचन नहीं आता।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Backbreaking and exhausting both describe tiring work, but backbreaking is physical.
Backbreaking और exhausting दोनों थकाने वाले काम का वर्णन करते हैं, पर backbreaking शारीरिक है।
Making you very tired, physically or mentally.
शारीरिक या मानसिक रूप से बहुत थका देने वाला।
- The exam season was exhausting.