Toilsome synonyms

toil'səm

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strenuous
Requiring or characterized by great effort or energy
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tedious
Tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; boring.
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boring
The definition of boring is something for making holes.
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laborious
Marked by or requiring long, hard work:
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wearisome
Causing physical or mental fatigue; tedious or tiresome.
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difficult (related)
(Often of a person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
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dull (related)
Arousing little interest; lacking liveliness; boring:
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arduous
The definition of arduous is a way of describing something that is extremely tiring and difficult.
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hard
Lacking in shade; undiminished:
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tiring
That tires or tire.
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uphill
Marked by difficulty or strong resistance; laborious:
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backbreaking
Demanding great exertion; arduous and exhausting.
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grueling
Alternative spelling of gruelling.
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gruelling
So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
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heavy
Hard to lift or move because of great weight; weighty
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operose
Very busy; industrious
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punishing
That inflicts punishment
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Toilsome Sentence Examples

  • They have an apparent precessional movement, the exact amount of which can be arrived at only by prolonged and toilsome enquiries.

  • Do not hate toilsome labor, or farm work, which were created by the Most High.

  • From the head of Glen Derry, with its blasted trees, the picture of desolation, it becomes more toilsome, but is partly repaid by the view of the remarkable columnar cliffs of Corrie Etchachan.

  • Five years later Cavelier de la Salle was making his toilsome way westward from Quebec to discover the true character of the great river and to perform the feat, perilous in view of the probable hostility of the natives, of descending it to the sea.

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