grindingly
With grating tedium
Grindingly describes something that wears you down through relentless, oppressive persistence.
A grindingly slow process tests your patience through its tedium.
Grindingly poor conditions suggest crushing, inescapable poverty.
The word emphasizes the abrasive, exhausting quality of whatever it modifies—the sense that something grinds on and on without relief.
Depleting one's reserves
- fatiguingCausing weariness or exhaustion
- sappingGradually draining vitality
- depletingProgressively using up
- wearyingCausing gradual exhaustion
enervating · debilitating · taxing · grueling · punishing · relentless · unremitting · soul-crushing
Intensely painful or distressing
- excruciatingCausing extreme suffering
- torturousCausing extreme pain
- gnawingPersistent biting action
- gratingCrossed bars or harsh
rasping · scraping · abrasive · harsh · jarring · wearing · chafing · irritating
Moving on hands, knees
- creepingMoving slowly, stealthily
- glacialOf frozen rivers
- snail-pacedMoving very slowly
- interminableWithout apparent conclusion
ponderous · sluggish · inching · halting · protracted · drawn-out · painstaking · incremental
Requiring strenuous effort
- arduousDemanding strenuous effort
- backbreakingExtremely physically demanding
- painstakingExtremely careful and thorough
- effortfulRequiring significant exertion
strenuous · demanding · onerous · burdensome · heavy · plodding · slogging · uphill
Marked by recurrence
- tediousBoring through length
- dullLacking edge or interest
- mind-numbingExtremely tedious or monotonous
- numbingCausing loss of sensation
humdrum · unchanging · unvarying · dreary · wearisome · plodding · mechanical · robotic
draining
Depleting one's reserves
- fatiguingCausing weariness or exhaustion
- sappingGradually draining vitality
- depletingProgressively using up
wearying · enervating · debilitating · taxing · grueling · punishing · relentless · unremitting · soul-crushing · wearing
agonizing
Intensely painful or distressing
- excruciatingCausing extreme suffering
- torturousCausing extreme pain
- gnawingPersistent biting action
grating · rasping · scraping · abrasive · harsh · jarring · wearing · chafing · irritating · raw
crawling
Moving on hands, knees
- creepingMoving slowly, stealthily
- glacialOf frozen rivers
- snail-pacedMoving very slowly
interminable · ponderous · sluggish · inching · halting · protracted · drawn-out · painstaking · incremental · torturous
toilsome
Requiring strenuous effort
- arduousDemanding strenuous effort
- backbreakingExtremely physically demanding
- painstakingExtremely careful and thorough
effortful · strenuous · demanding · onerous · burdensome · heavy · plodding · slogging · uphill · Sisyphean
repetitive
Marked by recurrence
- tediousBoring through length
- dullLacking edge or interest
- mind-numbingExtremely tedious or monotonous
numbing · humdrum · unchanging · unvarying · dreary · wearisome · plodding · mechanical · robotic · uninspired
grindinglyeffortlessly
Without visible labor
pleasantly · easily · breezily · smoothly · enjoyably
grindinglysmoothly
Without friction or difficulty
effortlessly · fluidly · seamlessly · swiftly · quickly
- grinding haltAbrupt, complete cessation
- grinding downGradual reduction through pressure
- grinding outPersisting through tedious work
- teeth grindingInvoluntary jaw clenching
- grinding gearsMeshing failure noise
- grinding grain