About The Word Laborious
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Laborious
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What's The Definition Of Laborious?
[adj] characterized by toilsome 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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Laborious: arduous | backbreaking | effortful | grueling | gruelling | hard | heavy | labourious | punishing | toilsome Related Terms | Find terms related to Laborious: abstruse | ardent | arduous | assiduous | backbreaking | brutal | burdensome | careful | complex | critical | crushing | delicate | demanding | detailed | determined | difficile | difficult | diligent | dogged | effortful | energetic | exacting | exhausting | exhaustive | fatiguing | fervent | forced | formidable | grueling | hairy | hard | hard-earned | hard-fought | hardworking | hard-working | heavy | hefty | Herculean | indefatigable | industrious | intricate | jawbreaking | killing | knotted | knotty | labored | mean | never idle | no picnic | not easy | obdurate | obstinate | onerous | operose | oppressive | overworked | painful | painstaking | persevering | persistent | ponderous | punishing | relentless | rigorous | rough | rugged | scrupulous | sedulous | set with thorns | severe | sleepless | spiny | steadfast | steady | steep | stiff | strained | strenuous | stubborn | taxing | thorny | thorough | ticklish | tireless | tiring | toilsome | tough | tricky | troublesome | unflagging | unrelenting | unremitting | unsleeping | unsparing | untiring | unwavering | unwearied | uphill | vehement | wearisome | wearying | wicked | zealous See Also | Laborious In Webster's Dictionary \La*bo"ri*ous\, a. [L. laboriosus,fr. labor labor: cf.
F. laborieux.]
1. Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome;
tiresome.
Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil,
Laborious virtues all ? Learn these from Cato.
--Addison.
2. Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious
mechanic. -- {La*bo"ri*ous*ly}, adv. --
{La*bo"ri*ous*ness}, n.
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