What are some opposite words for effortless?

Antonyms for effortless
ˈɛf ərt lɪsef·fort·less

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  1. effortlessadjective

    requiring or apparently requiring no effort

    "the swallows glided in an effortless way through the busy air"

    Antonyms:
    hard, punishing, labor-intensive, exhausting, arduous, laborious, tiring, backbreaking, gruelling, difficult, operose, labored, leaden, Sisyphean, straining, laboured, plodding, wearying, heavy, dragging, strenuous, grueling, labour-intensive, effortful, wearing, toilsome

    Synonyms:
    casual

  2. casual, effortlessadjective

    not showing effort or strain

    "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"; "careless grace"

    Antonyms:
    dragging, leaden, gruelling, toilsome, operose, heavy, labour-intensive, Sisyphean, strenuous, backbreaking, tiring, exhausting, straining, hard, wearying, labored, arduous, punishing, plodding, labor-intensive, laboured, difficult, wearing, laborious, grueling, effortful

    Synonyms:
    daily, free-and-easy, passing(a), fooling, nonchalant, chance(a), cursory, insouciant, occasional, perfunctory, casual, everyday

How to use effortless in a sentence?

  1. Amit Ray:

    You are a Golden Witnessing Screen. Meditation is the effortless effort to keep that screen 24x7 clean, clear and relaxed.

  2. Billy Joel:

    I’ve learned pretty much everything from mom, she’s taught me a lot about just taking care of yourself — skin care, great makeup tricks. She’s very good at putting together that very effortless-style look.

  3. Chuck Patterson:

    It feel kind of like snowboarding in pure powder where it's just effortless and you're floating free or you know feel like you're flying pretty much half the time.

  4. Tilak Fernando:

    Focus comes as an effortless connection to your being through pure fascination for this moment.

  5. Amit Ray:

    You are a Golden Witnessing Screen. Meditation is the effortless effort to keep that screen clean, clear and relaxed.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#596hard
#1928difficult
#2145heavy
#5276wearing
#19105dragging
#31918effortless
#32471punishing
#35229strenuous
#36511straining
#37611exhausting
#40798arduous
#40871tiring
#52469labored
#52801grueling
#53660laborious
#81499plodding
#84783laboured
#90856gruelling
#91829leaden
#183574backbreaking
#188925wearying
#218887toilsome
#222953sisyphean
#269711effortful

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