ଉଦାହରଣ : The king imposed a punishing tax.

ଉଦାହରଣ : Worked their arduous way up the mining valley.
A grueling campaign.
Hard labor.
Heavy work.
Heavy going.
Spent many laborious hours on the project.
Set a punishing pace.

ସମକକ୍ଷ : arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome