laborious
11laborious — adjective 1 laborious task/process/method etc a job or piece of work that is difficult and needs a lot of effort: the laborious task of collating all the evidence 2 seeming to be done slowly and with difficulty: laborious progress through the… …
12laborious — [[t]ləbɔ͟ːriəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe a task or job as laborious, you mean that it takes a lot of time and effort. Keeping the garden tidy all year round can be a laborious task. Derived words: laboriously ADV GRADED ADV with v He sat… …
13laborious — adjective 1) a laborious job Syn: arduous, hard, heavy, difficult, strenuous, grueling, punishing, exacting, tough, onerous, burdensome, back breaking, labor intensive, trying, challenging; tiring, fatiguing …
14laborious — adjective 1) a laborious job Syn: arduous, hard, heavy, difficult, strenuous, gruelling, punishing, exacting, tough, onerous, burdensome, back breaking, trying, challenging 2) Doug s laborious style …
15laborious — adj. Laborious is used with these nouns: ↑process, ↑task …
16laborious — [ləˈbɔːriəs] adj long, difficult, and boring a laborious task[/ex] laboriously adv …
17laborious — la•bo•ri•ous [[t]ləˈbɔr i əs, ˈboʊr [/t]] adj. 1) requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking[/ex] 2) characterized by or exhibiting excessive effort; labored 3) industrious • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < L labōriōsus …
18laborious — /ləˈbɔriəs / (say luh bawreeuhs) adjective 1. requiring much labour, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking. 2. requiring labour in construction or execution. 3. given to or diligent in labour. {Middle English, from Latin labōriōsus}… …
19laborious — adj. 1 needing hard work or toil (a laborious task). 2 (esp. of literary style) showing signs of toil; pedestrian; not fluent. Derivatives: laboriously adv. laboriousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF laborieus f. L laboriosus (as LABOUR) …
20laborious application — index pursuit (effort to secure) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
