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List of meaning for arduous

demanding great effort or labor; difficult

arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome(adj)

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"

arduous, straining, strenuous(adj)

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

arduous(adj)

difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill

"the arduous work of preparing a dictionary"

requiring considerable physical or mental effort

climbing Mount Everest is an arduous, exhausting challenge

requiring much time, effort, or careful attention

the arduous task of doing the research for my term paper

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