arduous
requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking.
requiring or using much energy and vigor; strenuous: making an arduous effort.
hard to climb; steep: an arduous path up the hill.
hard to endure; full of hardships; severe: an arduous winter.
Origin of arduous
1Other words for arduous
Opposites for arduous
Other words from arduous
- ar·du·ous·ly, adverb
- ar·du·ous·ness, noun
- su·per·ar·du·ous, adjective
- su·per·ar·du·ous·ly, adverb
- su·per·ar·du·ous·ness, noun
- un·ar·du·ous, adjective
- un·ar·du·ous·ly, adverb
- un·ar·du·ous·ness, noun
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How to use arduous in a sentence
We were soaking in sweat from the arduous climb and shivering from the cold at the same time.
Are We Wired to Be Outside? - Issue 92: Frontiers | Grigori Guitchounts | November 11, 2020 | NautilusBy proceeding to complete the famously arduous challenge Saturday, the 21-year-old Florida resident did not just prove his worth as a swimmer, cyclist and marathon runner — he cemented himself as a trailblazer.
Trailblazing triathlete isn’t letting Down syndrome prevent him from becoming an Ironman | Des Bieler | November 10, 2020 | Washington PostFinding the bioluminescent gene is an arduous task, explains Gruber.
What that means, in practice, is that a senator tells the majority leader’s office they will demand a 60-vote threshold to move forward on the legislation, and moreover, they will make it slow and arduous to even get to the cloture vote.
Clearly, getting the parties into the e-closing room is the holy grail for revolutionizing just about the most arduous process in our financial lives.
First he took energy trading and the NYSE electronic. Now Jeff Sprecher of ICE shares his plans to digitize your mortgage | Shawn Tully | September 2, 2020 | Fortune
She and others were questioned long and arduously by police without result.
In the conventional significance of the word her life was hardly toilsome, but it was none the less most arduously occupied.
Thirty | Howard Vincent O'BrienArduously, but without avail, she searched through all the drawers and cupboards of the Rattle-Pane kitchen.
Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs | Eleanor Hallowell Abbott"You have been working most arduously, Senor Carson," said Quesada.
The Wolf Cub | Patrick CaseyFrom year to year he was arduously employed on most of the standing and many other important committees.
Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution | L. Carroll Judson
British Dictionary definitions for arduous
/ (ˈɑːdjʊəs) /
requiring great physical or mental effort; difficult to accomplish; strenuous
hard to endure; harsh: arduous conditions
hard to overcome or surmount; steep or difficult: an arduous track
Origin of arduous
1Derived forms of arduous
- arduously, adverb
- arduousness, noun
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