Langtolang Multilingual Dictionary

ADJECTIVE 3

1. 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 pace”
   Synonymsbackbreakinggruelinggruellinghardheavylaboriousoperosepunishingtoilsome

2. taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance

   • “his final, straining burst of speed”
   • “a strenuous task”
   • “your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt”
   Synonymsstrainingstrenuous

3. difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill

   • “the arduous work of preparing a dictionary”