Arduousness
51arduously — arduous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ difficult and tiring. DERIVATIVES arduously adverb arduousness noun. ORIGIN Latin arduus steep, difficult …
52arduous — [är′jo͞o əs] adj. [L arduus, steep < IE * er(ə)dh , high, to grow (> L arbor, tree) < base * er , to set in motion, RUN] 1. difficult to do; laborious; onerous 2. using much energy; strenuous 3. steep; hard to climb SYN. HARD arduously… …
53arduous — adj. 1 hard to achieve or overcome; laborious, strenuous. 2 steep, difficult (an arduous path). Derivatives: arduously adv. arduousness n. Etymology: L arduus steep, difficult …
54backbreaking — adjective characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort worked their arduous way up the mining valley a grueling campaign hard labor heavy work heavy going spent many laborious hours on the project set a punishing …
55effortfulness — noun the quality of requiring deliberate effort • Ant: ↑effortlessness • Derivationally related forms: ↑effortful • Hypernyms: ↑difficulty, ↑difficultness • Hyponyms: ↑ …
56grueling — adjective characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort worked their arduous way up the mining valley a grueling campaign hard labor heavy work heavy going spent many laborious hours on the project set a punishing …
57operose — adjective characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort worked their arduous way up the mining valley a grueling campaign hard labor heavy work heavy going spent many laborious hours on the project set a punishing …
58punishing — adjective 1. resulting in punishment the king imposed a punishing tax • Participle of verb: ↑punish 2. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort worked their arduous way up the mining valley a grueling… …
59straining — I noun 1. an intense or violent exertion (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑strain • Derivationally related forms: ↑strain, ↑strenuous (for: ↑strain), ↑ …
