arduous, adj.
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characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
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arduous backbreaking grueling gruelling hard heavy laborious operose punishing toilsome
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"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"
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difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill
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arduous
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"the arduous work of preparing a dictionary"
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taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance
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arduous straining strenuous
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"his final, straining burst of speed""a strenuous task"
"your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt
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