Need another word that means the same as “grinding”? Find 26 synonyms and 30 related words for “grinding” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Grinding” are: overwhelming, overpowering, hard to bear, unbearable, burdensome, unendurable, intolerable, heavy, grating, jarring, rasping, raspy, strident, raucous, brassy, jangling, metallic, discordant, dissonant, disagreeable, unharmonious, cacophonous, unmelodious, abrasion, attrition, detrition
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “grinding” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| abrasion | An area damaged by scraping or wearing away. The metal is resistant to abrasion. |
| attrition | The gradual reduction of a workforce by employees leaving and not being replaced rather than by redundancy. The council is trying to wear down the opposition by attrition. |
| detrition | Effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “grinding” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| brassy | Unrestrained by convention or propriety- Los Angeles Times. Audience members are tapping their feet to the brassy music of the band. |
| burdensome | Difficult to carry out or fulfil; taxing. Bureaucratically burdensome assessment procedures. |
| cacophonous | Having an unpleasant sound. The cacophonous sound of slot machines. |
| disagreeable | Unfriendly and bad-tempered. Found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it. |
| discordant | Characterized by conflict. A study of children in discordant homes. |
| dissonant | Lacking harmony. Jackson employs both harmonious and dissonant colour choices. |
| grating | Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound. The continual praise of the good old days can become grating. |
| hard to bear | Unfortunate or hard to bear. |
| heavy | Large and powerful especially designed for heavy loads or rough work. A heavy sky. |
| intolerable | Unable to be endured. The intolerable pressures of his work. |
| jangling | Like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together. Cowboys with jangling spurs. |
| jarring | Causing a physical shock, jolt, or vibration. The jarring noise of the iron gate scraping on the sidewalk. |
| metallic | (of sound) resembling that produced by metal objects striking each other; sharp and ringing. Metallic alloys. |
| overpowering | Extremely strong or intense; overwhelming. A feeling of overpowering sadness. |
| overwhelming | (especially of an emotion) very strong. Overwhelming joy. |
| rasping | Harsh-sounding and unpleasant; grating. His cracked rasping voice narrates the story. |
| raspy | Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound. A persistent raspy cough. |
| raucous | Disturbing the public peace; loud and rough. Raucous youths. |
| strident | (of a sound) loud and harsh; grating. His voice had become increasingly strident. |
| unbearable | Not able to be endured or tolerated. The heat was getting unbearable. |
| unendurable | Incapable of being tolerated or endured. Cries of unendurable suffering. |
| unharmonious | Not harmonious. The unharmonious noise of town life. |
| unmelodious | Lacking melody. An unmelodious chorus of horns. |
| boundless | Seemingly boundless in amount number degree or especially extent. Children with boundless energy. |
| ceaseless | Constant and unending. The fort was subjected to ceaseless bombardment. |
| changeless | Unvarying in nature. Changeless truths. |
| constant | Occurring continuously over a period of time. In constant pain. |
| continually | Seemingly without interruption. I was continually moving around. |
| continue | Continue after an interruption. The bad weather continued for two more weeks. |
| continuous | Continuing in time or space without interruption. A continuous bout of illness lasting six months. |
| continuously | At every point. Their performance has continuously improved. |
| endless | Having or seeming to have no end or limit. An endless conversation. |
| enduring | Patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble. An enduring disposition. |
| eternal | Used to refer to an everlasting or universal spirit, as represented by God. She is an eternal optimist. |
| eternity | Infinite or unending time. Immortal souls destined for eternity. |
| ever | At all times all the time and on every occasion. They lived happily ever after. |
| everlasting | Continuing forever or indefinitely. An everlasting reminder of this evening. |
| forever | Without interruption. These puppies need a forever home. |
| immortal | An immortal being especially a god of ancient Greece or Rome. The immortal children s classic The Wind in the Willows. |
| incessant | (of something regarded as unpleasant) continuing without pause or interruption. Night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city. |
| incessantly | With unflagging resolve. She talked about him incessantly. |
| infinite | A space or quantity that is infinite. He bathed the wound with infinite care. |
| interminable | Tiresomely long; seemingly without end. An interminable sermon. |
| limitless | Seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent. The limitless reaches of outer space. |
| permanent | Lasting or continuing without interruption. A permanent ban on the dumping of radioactive waste at sea. |
| perpetual | Continuing forever or indefinitely. He grows perpetual flowering carnations. |
| perpetuity | A bond or other security with no fixed maturity date. He did not believe in the perpetuity of military rule. |
| timeless | Unaffected by time. Helen s timeless beauty. |
| unceasing | Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing. The unceasing efforts of the staff. |
| unceasingly | With unflagging resolve. |
| unchecked | Not examined or checked. Prices rose unchecked hitting the poor worst of all. |
| undying | (especially of an emotion) lasting forever. Promises of undying love. |
| unlimited | Not limited or restricted in terms of number, quantity, or extent. Offshore reserves of gas and oil are not unlimited. |
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