laborious (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *laborious*:
ADJECTIVE	all	laborious, arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, operose, punishing, toilsome	characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion

laborious > pronunciation
Sounds	lahbao'riyahs
Rhymes	abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs...

English > *laborious*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort.
Example	"spent many laborious hours on the project"
Synonyms	arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, 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	labor	productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
Nouns	laboriousness	the quality of requiring extended effort
Adverbs	laboriously	in a laborious manner

HyperDic: laborious