Laborious - English meaning

adjective

Involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.

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An arduous journey

adjective

Difficult and tiring, or needing a great deal of effort

Usage examples:

In those days, a trip to the west was an arduous journey.

adjective

Difficult, needing a lot of effort and energy

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An arduous climb/task/journey

adjective

Difficult to carry out or fulfil; taxing.

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The burdensome responsibilities of professional life

adjective

Causing difficulties or work

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A burdensome task

adjective

Testing one's abilities; demanding.

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Challenging and rewarding employment

verb

Dispute the truth or validity of.

Usage examples:

It is possible to challenge the report's assumptions

adjective

Difficult, in a way that tests your ability or determination

Usage examples:

This has been a challenging time for us all.

adjective

Needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand.

Usage examples:

She had a difficult decision to make

adjective

Not easy or simple; hard to do or to understand

Usage examples:

It’s a difficult choice, but i’ve got to decide which job is better., he’s in a difficult situation…

adjective

Needing skill or effort

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A difficult problem/choice/task/language, [ + to infinitive ] it will be very difficult to prove th…

adjective

Making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources.

Usage examples:

The exacting standards laid down by the organic food industry

verb

Demand and obtain (something) from someone.

Usage examples:

He exacted promises that another watergate would never be allowed to happen

adjective

Demanding a lot of effort, care, or attention

Usage examples:

All our aircraft meet exacting safety standards.

noun

A natural oily substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs.

Usage examples:

Whales and seals insulate themselves with layers of fat

adjective

(of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh.

Usage examples:

The driver was a fat wheezing man

verb

Make or become fat.

Usage examples:

Numbers of black cattle are fatted here

adjective

Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable.

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A formidable opponent

adjective

Strong and powerful, and therefore difficult to deal with if opposed to you

Usage examples:

There were formidable obstacles to reaching an early settlement of the dispute.

adjective

Extremely tiring and demanding.

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A gruelling schedule

adjective

Solid, firm, and rigid; not easily broken, bent, or pierced.

Usage examples:

The slate broke on the hard floor

adverb

With a great deal of effort.

Usage examples:

They work hard at school

noun

(of a consonant) pronounced as a velar plosive (as c in cat, g in go ).

adjective

Of great weight; difficult to lift or move.

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A heavy and bulky load

noun

A thing, such as a vehicle, that is large or heavy of its kind.

Usage examples:

Meanwhile, he is leading the charge at airport to beef up the runway and expand support facilities …

adverb

Heavily.

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Heavy-laden

adjective

Requiring great strength or effort.

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A herculean task

adjective

Having or needing great strength or effort

Usage examples:

She had the herculean task of bringing up four children single-handedly.

adjective

Capable of or intending to murder; dangerously violent.

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A brutal and murderous despot

adjective

Involving murder or violence

Usage examples:

The murderous reign of the emperor caligula

adjective

(of a task or responsibility) involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or difficulty.

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He found his duties increasingly onerous

adjective

Causing great difficulty or trouble

Usage examples:

The tax bill was aimed at lifting the onerous tax burden from the backs of the middle class.

adjective

Physically and mentally demanding; arduous.

Usage examples:

The band's punishing tour schedule

verb

Inflict a penalty or sanction on (someone) as retribution for an offence, especially a transgression of a legal or moral code.

Usage examples:

I have done wrong and i'm being punished for it

adjective

Extremely difficult or tiring

Usage examples:

A punishing schedule

adjective

Unceasingly intense.

Usage examples:

The relentless heat of the desert

adjective

Not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid.

Usage examples:

A stiff black collar

noun

A dead body.

Usage examples:

When the bodies of various stiffs start disappearing from the local morgue, the police are baffled …

verb

Cheat (someone) out of something, especially money.

Usage examples:

Several workers were stiffed out of their pay

adjective

Requiring or using great effort or exertion.

Usage examples:

The government made strenuous efforts to upgrade the quality of the teaching profession

adjective

Needing or using a lot of effort or energy

Usage examples:

I think football is much more strenuous than baseball., he strenuously denies that he is guilty.

adjective

Causing one to need rest or sleep; fatiguing.

Usage examples:

It had been a tiring day

verb

Feel or cause to feel in need of rest or sleep.

Usage examples:

Soon the ascent grew steeper and he began to tire

adjective

Causing you to feel you have no energy

Usage examples:

Dad had a tiring day at work.

adjective

(of a substance or object) strong enough to withstand adverse conditions or rough handling.

Usage examples:

Tough rucksacks for climbers

noun

A rough and violent man.

Usage examples:

A gang of toughs

verb

Endure a period of hardship or difficulty.

adjective

Difficult or annoying; hard to endure.

Usage examples:

It had been a very trying day

verb

Make an attempt or effort to do something.

Usage examples:

He tried to regain his breath

adverb

Towards the top of a hill or slope.

Usage examples:

Follow the track uphill

adjective

Sloping upwards.

Usage examples:

The journey is slightly uphill

noun

An upward slope.

Usage examples:

He gave mountain biking clinics on handling steep uphills