About The Word Herculean
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Herculean
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What's The Definition Of Herculean?
[adj] of extreme difficulty; requiring the strength of a Hercules; "a herculean task"
[adj] displaying superhuman strength or power; "herculean exertions" Synonyms | Synonyms for Herculean: difficult | hard | powerful | superhuman Related Terms | Find terms related to Herculean: abstruse | abysmal | Antaean | arduous | astronomic | Atlantean | backbreaking | Briarean | Brobdingnagian | brutal | burdensome | colossal | complex | critical | crushing | Cyclopean | delicate | demanding | difficile | difficult | effortful | elephantine | enormous | epic | exacting | forced | formidable | Gargantuan | giant | giantlike | gigantic | grueling | hairy | hard | hard-earned | hard-fought | heavy | hefty | heroic | Homeric | huge | immense | infinite | intricate | jawbreaking | jumbo | killing | knotted | knotty | labored | laborious | mammoth | mean | mighty | monster | monstrous | monumental | mountainous | no picnic | not easy | onerous | operose | oppressive | painful | prodigious | profound | punishing | rigorous | rough | rugged | set with thorns | severe | spiny | steep | strained | strenuous | stupendous | thorny | ticklish | titanic | toilsome | tough | towering | tremendous | tricky | troublesome | uphill | vast | wearisome | wicked See Also | Herculean In Webster's Dictionary \Her*cu"le*an\, a. [L. herculeus, fr. Hercules: cf. F.
hercul['e]en. See {Hercules}.]
1. Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great,
difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task.
2. Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean
limbs. ``Herculean Samson.'' --Milton.
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