| ADJECTIVE | all | arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome | characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion |
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| all | arduous, straining, strenuous | taxing to the utmost | |
| all | arduous | difficult to accomplish / accomplish |
| Sounds | aa'rjhuwahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort. | |
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| Example | "worked their arduous way up the mining valley" | |
| Synonyms | backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome | |
| Broader | effortful | requiring great physical effort |
| Spanish | agotador, arduo, duro, fatigoso, laborioso, penoso, pesado | |
| Catalan | ardu, dur, esgotador, fatigant, fatigós, feixuc, laboriós, penós, pesat | |
| Nouns | arduousness | extreme / extreme effortfulness |
| Adverbs | arduously | in an arduous manner |
| Meaning | taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance. | |
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| Example | "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt | |
| Synonyms | straining, strenuous | |
| Broader | effortful | requiring great physical effort |
| Spanish | arduo | |
| Catalan | ardu | |
| Nouns | arduousness | extreme / extreme effortfulness |
| Meaning | Difficult to accomplish / accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill. | |
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| Example | "the arduous work of preparing a dictionary" | |
| Broader | difficult, hard | not easy |
| Spanish | arduo | |
| Catalan | ardu | |
| Nouns | arduousness | extreme / extreme effortfulness |
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