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toilsome

[ toil-suhm ]
/ ˈtɔɪl səm /
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adjective
characterized by or involving toil; laborious or fatiguing.
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Origin of toilsome

First recorded in 1575–85; toil1 + -some1

OTHER WORDS FROM toilsome

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

Words nearby toilsome

toilette, toilet-train, toilet training, toilet water, toilful, toilsome, toilworn, toise, toitoi, Tojo, tokamak
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Words related to toilsome

arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, demanding, difficult, exhausting, hard, labored, onerous, operose, rough, strenuous, taxing, tiresome, uphill

How to use toilsome in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for toilsome

toilsome

toilful

/ (ˈtɔɪlsəm) /
adjective
laborious

Derived forms of toilsome

toilsomely or toilfully, adverbtoilsomeness or toilfulness, noun
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