Grueled

/ˈɡruːəld/

थका-हारा; कड़ी मेहनत/कठिनाई से पूरी तरह थका हुआ

Hard #थकान #कड़ी मेहनत #कार्यस्थल #खेल-प्रशिक्षण #मानसिक-शारीरिक अवस्था

Origin & History

From the verb “gruel” meaning “to exhaust or punish with hard labor,” probably related to the noun “gruel” (thin porridge) via the idea of meager rations and hardship; recorded in English from the 19th century.

“Gruel” क्रिया (अर्थ: कड़ी मेहनत/कष्टदायक श्रम से थका देना) से; संभवतः संज्ञा “gruel” (पतली दलिया/खिचड़ी-जैसा भोजन) से अर्थ-विस्तार, जिसमें कम भोजन और कठिनाई की कल्पना जुड़ी; 19वीं शताब्दी से अंग्रेज़ी में प्रचलित।

Definition

Used to describe someone who has been worn out by hard, demanding effort or a long ordeal.

इसका प्रयोग उस व्यक्ति/स्थिति के लिए होता है जो बहुत कड़ी मेहनत, कठिन प्रशिक्षण या लंबे संघर्ष के कारण पूरी तरह थक गया/गई हो।

Parts of Speech

Verb (past tense / past participle):
After the long hike, we were grueled and hungry.
Adjective (informal, from past participle):
He looked grueled after the overnight shift.

Usage Examples

The team was grueled by weeks of intense practice.
She felt grueled after running the marathon in the heat.
The grueled workers asked for a short break.
By the end of the exam week, I was absolutely grueled.

Synonyms

Exhausted Worn out Drained Fatigued Spent Overworked Weary Burned out

Related Forms

Noun
Grueling (as a noun in some contexts: 'a grueling' is rare) / Gruelling (UK spelling in derivative forms)
Verb
Gruel / Grueling / Gruelling / Grueled / Gruelled
Adjective
Grueling / Gruelling / Grueled (informal)

Idioms & Phrases

Gruel oneself
खुद को हद से ज़्यादा थका लेना
Be grueled by (something)
(किसी चीज़) के कारण बुरी तरह थक जाना/थका दिया जाना