Strenuous - English meaning

adjective

Involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.

Usage examples:

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

(of a task) requiring much skill or effort.

Usage examples:

She has a busy and demanding job

verb

Ask authoritatively or brusquely.

Usage examples:

‘where is she?’ he demanded

adjective

Needing a lot of attention, effort, or time

Usage examples:

I’m trying to learn english, and i find it very demanding.

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

Usage examples:

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.

adjective

Making one feel very tired; very tiring.

Usage examples:

A long and exhausting journey

verb

Make (someone) feel very tired.

Usage examples:

Her day out had exhausted her

adjective

Making you feel extremely tired

Usage examples:

The pace of twelve-hour days, seven days a week proved exhausting.

verb

Cause (someone) to feel exhausted.

Usage examples:

They were fatigued by their journey

noun

Extreme tiredness resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness.

Usage examples:

He was nearly dead with fatigue

noun

Weakness in metal or other materials caused by repeated variations of stress.

Usage examples:

Metal fatigue

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.

Usage examples:

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

noun

An act of causing death, especially deliberately.

Usage examples:

The community was shocked by the brutal killings

adjective

Causing death.

Usage examples:

A killing disease

verb

Cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing).

Usage examples:

Her father was killed in a car crash

adjective

Making you feel very tired

Usage examples:

What a knackering day it's been!

adjective

Capable of or intending to murder; dangerously violent.

Usage examples:

A brutal and murderous despot

adjective

Involving murder or violence

Usage examples:

The murderous reign of the emperor caligula

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

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

Physically or mentally demanding.

Usage examples:

They find the work too taxing

verb

Impose a tax on (someone or something).

Usage examples:

The income will be taxed at the top rate

adjective

Needing too much effort

Usage examples:

After the surgery, i couldn’t do anything too taxing for a while.

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.

noun

Work extremely hard or incessantly.

Usage examples:

We toiled away

plural noun

Used in reference to a situation regarded as a trap.

Usage examples:

Henry had become caught in the toils of his own deviousness

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.

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