Syn: arduous, backbreaking, back-breaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, punishing, slavish, strenuous, toilsome. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
arduous backbreaking back-breaking grueling gruelling hard heavy laborious labourious punishing slavish strenuous toilsome — effortful effortful adj. 1. requiring great physical effort. Opposite of {effortless}. [Narrower terms: {arduous, backbreaking, back breaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, slavish, strenuous, toilsome};… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
effortful — adj. 1. requiring great physical effort. Opposite of {effortless}. [Narrower terms: {arduous, backbreaking, back breaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, slavish, strenuous, toilsome}; {exhausting, tiring,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
exhausting tiring wearing wearying — effortful effortful adj. 1. requiring great physical effort. Opposite of {effortless}. [Narrower terms: {arduous, backbreaking, back breaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, slavish, strenuous, toilsome};… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grueling — grueling, gruelling gruellingadj. 1. characterized by toilsome effort; requiring extreme physical or mental effort; as, a grueling campaign. Syn: arduous, backbreaking, back breaking, exhausting, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gruelling — grueling grueling, gruelling gruellingadj. 1. characterized by toilsome effort; requiring extreme physical or mental effort; as, a grueling campaign. Syn: arduous, backbreaking, back breaking, exhausting, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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