ARDUOUS as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • difficult to accomplish
   • demanding considerable mental effort and skill
   Usage Example(s)
   • the arduous work of preparing a dictionary
   Similar To
   • difficult (what does difficult mean?)
   • hard (what does hard mean?)
2. Meaning
   • characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion
   • especially physical effort
   Synonym(s)
   • backbreaking (what does backbreaking mean?)
   • grueling (what does grueling mean?)
   • gruelling (what does gruelling mean?)
   • hard (what does hard mean?)
   • heavy (what does heavy mean?)
   • laborious (what does laborious mean?)
   • punishing (what does punishing mean?)
   • toilsome (what does toilsome mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Similar To
   • effortful (what does effortful mean?)
3. Meaning
   • taxing to the utmost
   • testing powers of endurance
   Synonym(s)
   • straining (what does straining mean?)
   • strenuous (what does strenuous mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • his final, straining burst of speed
   • a strenuous task
   • your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here- F.D.Roosevelt
   Similar To
   • effortful (what does effortful mean?)