crushing (n.)
crushing (adj.)
- annoying
- arduous
- awkward
- backbreaking
- bothersome
- burdensome
- disconcerting
- disturbing
- effortful
- embarrassing
- forced
- grueling
- hard-fought
- heavy
- hefty
- humbling
- humiliating
- irksome
- killing
- labored
- laborious
- mortifying
- onerous
- operose
- oppressive
- painful
- plaguey
- punishing
- strained
- strenuous
- toilsome
- tough
- troublesome
- trying
- uphill
- vexatious
- wearisome