Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength

• weighty

  1. Having considerable weight; heavy.
  2. Burdensome; oppressive:
  3. Of great consequence; serious or momentous:

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  1. Having considerable weight; heavy.
  2. Burdensome; oppressive:
  3. Of great consequence; serious or momentous:

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• trying

  1. Causing strain, hardship, or distress.

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  1. Causing strain, hardship, or distress.

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• tough

  1. Able to withstand great strain without tearing or breaking; strong and resilient:
  2. Hard to cut or chew:
  3. Physically hardy; rugged:

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  1. Able to withstand great strain without tearing or breaking; strong and resilient:
  2. Hard to cut or chew:
  3. Physically hardy; rugged:

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• taxing

  1. Burdensome; wearing:

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  1. Burdensome; wearing:

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• severe

  1. Unsparing, harsh, or strict, as in treatment of others:
  2. Marked by or requiring strict adherence to rigorous standards or high principles:
  3. Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:

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  1. Unsparing, harsh, or strict, as in treatment of others:
  2. Marked by or requiring strict adherence to rigorous standards or high principles:
  3. Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:

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• rough

  1. Having a surface marked by irregularities, protuberances, or ridges; not smooth:
  2. Coarse or shaggy to the touch:
  3. Difficult to travel over or through:

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  1. Having a surface marked by irregularities, protuberances, or ridges; not smooth:
  2. Coarse or shaggy to the touch:
  3. Difficult to travel over or through:

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• rigorous

  1. Characterized by or adhering to strict standards or methods; exacting and thorough:
  2. Harsh, severe, or demanding:
  3. Very unpleasant or inclement:

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  1. Characterized by or adhering to strict standards or methods; exacting and thorough:
  2. Harsh, severe, or demanding:
  3. Very unpleasant or inclement:

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• onerous

  1. Troublesome or oppressive; burdensome.
  2. Entailing more liabilities than benefits or imposing significant obligations.

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  1. Troublesome or oppressive; burdensome.
  2. Entailing more liabilities than benefits or imposing significant obligations.

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• laborious

  1. Marked by or requiring long, hard work:
  2. Hard-working; industrious.

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  1. Marked by or requiring long, hard work:
  2. Hard-working; industrious.

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• heavy

  1. Having relatively great weight:
  2. Having relatively high density; having a high specific gravity.
  3. Large, as in number or quantity:

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  1. Having relatively great weight:
  2. Having relatively high density; having a high specific gravity.
  3. Large, as in number or quantity:

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• hard

  1. Resistant to pressure; not readily penetrated; firm or solid:
  2. Well protected from an attack, as by aerial bombardment:
  3. Requiring great effort or endurance:

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  1. Resistant to pressure; not readily penetrated; firm or solid:
  2. Well protected from an attack, as by aerial bombardment:
  3. Requiring great effort or endurance:

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• formidable

  1. Arousing fear, dread, or alarm:
  2. Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder:
  3. Difficult to undertake, surmount, or defeat:

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  1. Arousing fear, dread, or alarm:
  2. Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder:
  3. Difficult to undertake, surmount, or defeat:

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• exigent

  1. Requiring immediate action; pressing:
  2. Having or making urgent demands; demanding:

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  1. Requiring immediate action; pressing:
  2. Having or making urgent demands; demanding:

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• exacting

  1. Making severe demands; rigorous:
  2. Requiring great care, effort, or attention:

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  1. Making severe demands; rigorous:
  2. Requiring great care, effort, or attention:

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• effortful

  1. Requiring or showing effort.

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  1. Requiring or showing effort.

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• difficult

  1. Requiring considerable effort or skill; not easy to do or accomplish:
  2. Not easy to endure; full of hardship or trouble; trying:
  3. Not easy to comprehend, solve, or explain:

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  1. Requiring considerable effort or skill; not easy to do or accomplish:
  2. Not easy to endure; full of hardship or trouble; trying:
  3. Not easy to comprehend, solve, or explain:

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• demanding

  1. Requiring much effort or attention:
  2. Requiring others to work hard or meet high expectations:

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  1. Requiring much effort or attention:
  2. Requiring others to work hard or meet high expectations:

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• burdensome

  1. Weighing much or hard to carry; heavy.
  2. Causing hardship or distress.

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  1. Weighing much or hard to carry; heavy.
  2. Causing hardship or distress.

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• backbreaking

  1. Demanding great exertion; arduous and exhausting.

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  1. Demanding great exertion; arduous and exhausting.

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• arduous

  1. Demanding great effort or labor; difficult:
  2. Testing severely the powers of endurance; strenuous:
  3. Hard to traverse, climb, or surmount.

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  1. Demanding great effort or labor; difficult:
  2. Testing severely the powers of endurance; strenuous:
  3. Hard to traverse, climb, or surmount.

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Difficult to bear

• tyrannical

  1. Of or relating to a tyrant or tyranny:
  2. Characteristic of a tyrant or tyranny; despotic and oppressive:

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  1. Of or relating to a tyrant or tyranny:
  2. Characteristic of a tyrant or tyranny; despotic and oppressive:

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• harsh

  1. Disagreeable to the sense of hearing:
  2. Disagreeable to the sense of sight:
  3. Unpleasantly coarse and rough to the touch:

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  1. Disagreeable to the sense of hearing:
  2. Disagreeable to the sense of sight:
  3. Unpleasantly coarse and rough to the touch:

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• onerous

  1. Troublesome or oppressive; burdensome.
  2. Entailing more liabilities than benefits or imposing significant obligations.

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  1. Troublesome or oppressive; burdensome.
  2. Entailing more liabilities than benefits or imposing significant obligations.

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• burdensome

  1. Weighing much or hard to carry; heavy.
  2. Causing hardship or distress.

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  1. Weighing much or hard to carry; heavy.
  2. Causing hardship or distress.

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Weighing on the senses or spirits

• depressing

  1. Causing especially emotional depression.
  2. Dismal; dreary:

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  1. Causing especially emotional depression.
  2. Dismal; dreary:

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• confining

  1. Present participle of confine.

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  1. Present participle of confine.

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• stifling

  1. Very hot or stuffy:
  2. Inhibiting, stultifying, or oppressive:

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  1. Very hot or stuffy:
  2. Inhibiting, stultifying, or oppressive:

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• suffocating

  1. Present participle of suffocate.
  2. suffocation

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  1. Present participle of suffocate.
  2. suffocation

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