laborious
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- "spent many laborious hours on the project"
Adj
- Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
- Mentally difficult; painstaking.
- Industrious.
Origin / Etymology
From Old French laborios, from Latin laboriosus. By surface analysis, labor + -ious
Synonyms
arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, operose, painstaking, punishing, toilsome, worksome
Scrabble Score: 11
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