toilsome (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

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

English > *toilsome*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort.
Synonyms	arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing
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	toilsomeness	the quality of requiring extended effort

HyperDic: toilsome