toilsome

[ toil-suhm ]

/ ˈtɔɪl səm /

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adjective

characterized by or involving toil; laborious or fatiguing.

Nearby words

toilet water, toilet-train, toiletry, toilette, toilful, toilsome, toilworn, toise, toitoi, tojo, tok pisin

Origin of toilsome

First recorded in 1575–85; toil¹ + -some¹

SYNONYMS FOR toilsome

wearisome, arduous, strenuous, tiring.

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Related forms

toil·some·ly, adverbtoil·some·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for toilsome

A little wayside inn gave us a brief respite from our toilsome journey.
Letters from Switzerland|Samuel Irenus Prime
His life had been short and toilsome, but the God of his fathers had delivered him from all his sorrows.
History of the Jews, Vol. I (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz
That is a toilsome road by which one leaves Folkestone for Dover.
The Ingoldsby Country|Charles G. (Charles George) Harper
Four human beings with heavy packs on their backs were making their toilsome way over the snow-covered surface of the frozen sea.
Archibald Hughson|W.H.G. Kingston

The civilization of any people is the slow and toilsome growth of centuries, an unfolding of the people's spirit itself.
The Color Line|William Benjamin Smith

British Dictionary definitions for toilsome

toilsome

toilful

/ (ˈtɔɪlsəm) /

adjective

laborious

Derived Forms

toilsomely or toilfully, adverbtoilsomeness or toilfulness, noun

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toilsome

adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for toilsome

toilsome

toilful

adjective

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