Meaning of arduous in English
Classifying Adjective
arduousDefinitions
1. characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustionExamples
- « especially physical effort »
- « 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 »
Synonyms
- 2. taxing to the utmost
Examples
- « testing powers of endurance »
- « his final, straining burst of speed »
- « a strenuous task »
- « your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here- F.D.Roosevelt »
Synonyms
- 3. difficult to accomplish
Examples
- « demanding considerable mental effort and skill »
- « the arduous work of preparing a dictionary »
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