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Synonyms for arduous
ˈɑr dʒu əs; esp. Brit. ˈɑr dyu-ar·du·ous
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
arduous
Arduous (Latin arduus, steep) signifies primarily so steep and lofty as to be difficult of ascent, and hence applies to that which involves great and sustained exertion and ordinarily for a lofty aim; great learning can only be won by arduous toil. Hard applies to anything that resists our endeavors as a scarcely penetrable mass resists our physical force. Anything is hard that involves tax and strain whether of the physical or mental powers. Difficult is not used of that which merely taxes physical force; a dead lift is called hard rather than difficult; breaking stone on the road would be called hard rather than difficult work; that is difficult which involves skill, sagacity, or address, with or without a considerable expenditure of physical force; a geometrical problem may be difficult to solve, a tangled skein to unravel; a mountain difficult to ascend. Hard may be active or passive; a thing may be hard to do or hard to bear. Arduous is always active. That which is laborious or toilsome simply requires the steady application of labor or toil till accomplished; toilsome is the stronger word. That which is onerous (Latin onus, a burden) is mentally burdensome or oppressive. Responsibility may be onerous even when it involves no special exertion.
Synonyms:
difficult, exhausting, hard, laborious, onerous, severe, toilsome, tryingAntonyms:
easy, facile, light, pleasant, slight, trifling, trivial
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
arduous
Synonyms:
difficult, hard, lofty, onerous, laborious, steep, precipitous, ant: easy, practicable, unlaborious, light, trivialAntonyms:
easy, practicable, unlaborious, light, trivial
Princeton's WordNet
arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsomeadjective
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
"worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
Synonyms:
backbreaking, sullen, ponderous, laborious, overweight, toilsome, intemperate, sound, wakeless, dense, grueling, with child(p), threatening, grave, straining, severe, cloggy, lumbering, large(p), great(p), clayey, enceinte, voiceless, grievous, tough, fleshy, weighed down, hard, weighty, unvoiced, gruelling, expectant, concentrated, lowering, surd, heavy(a), sonorous, impenetrable, operose, strenuous, heavy, heavy(p), big(a), labored, profound, difficult, laboured, punishing, strong, gravid, big(p), leaden, knockoutAntonyms:
effortless, easyarduous, straining, strenuousadjective
taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance
"his final, straining burst of speed"; "a strenuous task"; "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt
Synonyms:
toilsome, heavy, strenuous, laborious, punishing, hard, operose, grueling, backbreaking, straining, gruellingAntonyms:
effortless, easyarduousadjective
difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill
"the arduous work of preparing a dictionary"
Synonyms:
toilsome, heavy, strenuous, laborious, punishing, hard, operose, grueling, backbreaking, straining, gruellingAntonyms:
easy, effortless
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#613 | light | |
#803 | sound | |
#1340 | strong | |
#1429 | trying | |
#1928 | difficult | |
#2145 | heavy | |
#3964 | severe | |
#4924 | tough | |
#6722 | challenging | |
#8065 | grave | |
#9372 | painful | |
#9543 | demanding | |
#9770 | dense | |
#9902 | threatening | |
#10268 | concentrated | |
#11321 | profound | |
#12556 | trivial | |
#12580 | lowering | |
#12815 | steep | |
#15613 | overweight | |
#17595 | practicable | |
#18786 | hardship | |
#22561 | formidable | |
#22594 | daunting | |
#24199 | knockout | |
#26035 | lofty | |
#28813 | uphill | |
#32471 | punishing | |
#35229 | strenuous | |
#36511 | straining | |
#37611 | exhausting | |
#38830 | fleshy | |
#38946 | expectant | |
#40529 | grievous | |
#40798 | arduous | |
#42553 | onerous | |
#48375 | weighty | |
#51185 | impenetrable | |
#52469 | labored | |
#52801 | grueling | |
#53660 | laborious | |
#54309 | painstaking | |
#58451 | sullen | |
#69752 | voiceless | |
#71019 | lumbering | |
#75592 | precipitous | |
#76396 | clayey | |
#77629 | sonorous | |
#78731 | ponderous | |
#84783 | laboured | |
#90077 | herculean | |
#90856 | gruelling | |
#91829 | leaden | |
#127101 | intemperate | |
#137636 | enceinte | |
#145397 | gravid | |
#180754 | unvoiced | |
#183574 | backbreaking | |
#218887 | toilsome | |
#315651 | surd |
How to use arduous in a sentence?
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.
Predicting short-term price swings has become extremely difficult given the arduous process of predicting the impact of the Delta variant on forward global oil demand, particularly in countries such as China where data is much less transparent than that of the U.S..
You all know that even when women have full rights, they still remain fatally downtrodden because all housework is left to them. In most cases housework is the most unproductive, the most barbarous and the most arduous work a woman can do. It is exceptionally petty and does not include anything that would in any way promote the development of the woman.
This will be a major relief for Huawei after an arduous period with large technology players like Microsoft, Google and others restricted on the platform.
Ambassador Alexander Matsegora:
Thank god, it is a long shot from the Arduous March, and I hope it would never come to that, the most important thing is that there is no famine in the country today.
Translations for arduous
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- شاقArabic
- труден, мъчен, недостъпен, усилен, стръменBulgarian
- arduCatalan, Valencian
- erschöpfend, anstrengend, beschwerlich, mühsam, steilGerman
- riguroso, arduoSpanish
- دشوارPersian
- vaativa, ankara, vaivalloinen, uuvuttava, työläs, jyrkkä, rasittavaFinnish
- arduFrench
- कठिनHindi
- fáradságos, fárasztó, megerőltetőHungarian
- arduo, arduaItalian
- 難儀, 苦しいJapanese
- 고난Korean
- uitputtend, steil, moeizaam, zwaar, moeilijk te beklimmenDutch
- slitsom, vanskeligNorwegian
- uciążliwyPolish
- árduoPortuguese
- напряжённый, трудный, труднодоступный, крутой, тяжёлыйRussian
- mukotrpanSerbo-Croatian
- besvärlig, krånglig, brant, avancerad, ansträngande, svår, jobbig, arbetsamSwedish
- çetin, ağır, güç, zor, sarp, gayretliTurkish
- 艰巨Chinese
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