Arduous

/ˈɑː.djuː.əs/

Synonyms for "arduous" (155 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Adjective(11 words)

strenuous agonizing augean backbreaking challengingchallenging behaviorschewiest chewy demandingdifficult readingdifficult task

abrupt abstruse backbreaking brutal burdensome complex complicated critical crushing delicate demanding difficile difficult

Noun(4 words)

anguishing cudgellingdifficult decisiondifficult to learn

Adjective(2 words)

burdensome demanding

Verb(1 words)

challenged

Strong matches (47)

effortful energetic exacting exhausting fatiguing forced formidable grueling hairy hardhard earnedhard foughtheavy hefty herculean intricate jawbreaking killing knotted knotty

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labored laborious

Adjective(14 words)

energy-demanding exertional fiendish fiercer gnarliest gnarlygreat exertiongrueling gruelling hard heavyheavy workloadintense energylaborious

Verb(2 words)

exerting fought

Adjective(3 words)

exhausting fatiguing laborious

Noun(6 words)

extremely difficultforced march traininggrindinghard to dointense emotionlaboring

Related words (77)

Verb(4 words)

laboured slogged struggling trudging

Noun(9 words)

labouringlearning difficultyphysically demandingslaving sloggingstrenuous exertiontaxying toiling travailing

mean murderousno picnicnot easyonerous operose oppressive painful picnic precipitate precipitous punishing rigorous rocky rough rugged seriousset with thornssevere sheer

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sideling spiny steep stickle stiff strained strenuous taxing terrible thorny ticklish tight tiring toilsome tough tricksy tricky troublesome trying uphill vigorous wearisome wicked

Adjective(5 words)

onerous strenuous strugglesome uphill wearisome

Adjective(16 words)

operose painfullestphysical effortpunishing purgatorial sisypheanstiff competitionstiffest strainingstrenuous workoutstressful sweaty taxingtaxing course loadtoilsome trickiest

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

challenge difficulty effort

More specific

3 entries

arduous climbarduous journeyarduous task

Collocations

6 entries

arduous climbarduous journeyarduous laborarduous processarduous taskarduous undertaking

Inflections

2 entries

more arduousmost arduous

Derivations

2 entries

arduously arduousness

similar

3 entries

difficult effortful hard

Sample sentences

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She went through a long and arduous vocational course.

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Running the Inca Trail near Machu Picchu can be arduous.

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The situation is becoming arduous.

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They call it an English grammar book; I call it an arduous, soul-draining and depressing experience pushing the limits of human patience.

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