I finally pulled myself together and made a Herculean effort to improve my sock situation: I bought 15 pairs of identical black socks, and threw away my old ones.
Source: tatoeba (2971657)
Herculean
//hɜːɹˈkjuːliən//
Synonyms for "herculean" (103 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (51)
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Translations
26 translations across 15 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἡράκλειος adj (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
Asturian
1 entries- herculeu adj (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
Catalan
2 entries- herculi adj (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
- herculi adj (requiring a huge amount of work)
Czech
2 entries- herkulovský adj (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
- herkulovský adj (requiring a huge amount of work)
French
2 entries- herculéen adj (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
- herculéen adj (requiring a huge amount of work)
Galician
1 entries- hercúleo adj (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
German
2 entries- herkulisch adj (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
- herkulisch adj (requiring a huge amount of work)
Greek
1 entries- ηράκλειος adj (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
Hungarian
1 entries- herkulesi adj (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
Italian
1 entries- erculeo adj (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
Polish
1 entries- benedyktyński adj (requiring a huge amount of work)
Portuguese
2 entries- hercúleo adj (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
- hercúleo adj (requiring a huge amount of work)
Russian
4 entries- богаты́рский adj (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
- гера́клов adj (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
- геркуле́сов adj (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
- исполи́нский adj (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
Spanish
3 entries- heracleo adj (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
- herculino adj (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
- hercúleo adj (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
Swedish
2 entries- herkulisk adj (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
- herkulisk adj (requiring a huge amount of work)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
It really was a Herculean task.
Source: tatoeba (11051709)
But this is not the best:—look, pr'ythee, Charmian, / How this Herculean Roman does become / The carriage of his chafe.
Source: wiktionary
a Herculean labour
Source: wiktionary
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