It was a laborious process.
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Laborious
//ləˈbɔːɹiəs//
Synonyms for "laborious" (127 found)
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2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- μογερός adj (requiring much physical effort)
- ἐπίπονος adj (requiring much physical effort)
Bulgarian
3 entries- мъчен adj (mentally difficult)
- напрегнат adj (requiring much physical effort)
- труден adj (requiring much physical effort)
Catalan
1 entries- laboriós adj (requiring much physical effort)
Czech
1 entries- pracný adj (requiring much physical effort)
Dutch
3 entries- arbeidsintensief adj (requiring much physical effort)
- bewerkelijk adj (requiring much physical effort)
- laborieus adj (requiring much physical effort)
French
1 entries- laborieux adj (requiring much physical effort)
German
4 entries- arbeitsaufwändig adj (requiring much physical effort)
- arbeitsintensiv adj (requiring much physical effort)
- mühsam adj (requiring much physical effort)
- mühselig adj (requiring much physical effort)
Irish
2 entries- maslach adj (requiring much physical effort)
- saothrach adj (requiring much physical effort)
Italian
1 entries- laborioso adj (requiring much physical effort)
Latin
1 entries- labōriōsus adj (requiring much physical effort)
Old English
1 entries- earfoþe adj (requiring much physical effort)
Polish
2 entries- mozolny adj (requiring much physical effort)
- pracochłonny adj (requiring much physical effort)
Portuguese
2 entries- laborioso adj (requiring much physical effort)
- trabalhoso adj (requiring much physical effort)
Romanian
1 entries- laborios adj (requiring much physical effort)
Russian
4 entries- кропотли́вый adj (mentally difficult)
- напряжённый adj (requiring much physical effort)
- тру́дный adj (requiring much physical effort)
- трудоёмкий adj (requiring much physical effort)
Spanish
2 entries- dispendioso adj (mentally difficult)
- laborioso adj (requiring much physical effort)
Swedish
2 entries- mödosam adj (requiring much physical effort)
- tung adj (requiring much physical effort)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Saying "I love you" in Kabyle is not as easy as in French and English since the expression "ḥemmleɣ-kem", strangely resembling the Polish formula "Kocham Cię" is not so fluid, phonetically speaking. In Russian, it is even more laborious as it is said "Ya tibya lyublyu" (Я тебя люблю)". Finally, the main thing is to claim it with sincerity.
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He said the provision would also involve a laborious and complicated legal process, including amending constitutional provisions and other electoral laws.
Source: tatoeba (11451130)
A vote was called, and Stine realized that somehow, his laborious weeks and months of propagandizing and mass proselytization had at last taken root.
Source: tatoeba (11794233)
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