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Meaning of 'arduous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Arduous [ a.]
- Steep and lofty, in a literal sense; hard to climb.
- Attended with great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; difficult; laborious; as, an arduous employment, task, or enterprise.

Meaning of 'arduous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . arduous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
Example in sentence:
  • a grueling campaign;
  • hard labor;
  • heavy going;
  • heavy work;
  • set a punishing pace;
  • spent many laborious hours on the project;
  • worked their arduous way up the mining valley
Meaning (2):
- taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance
Example in sentence:
  • a strenuous task;
  • his final, straining burst of speed;
  • your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here
Meaning (3):
- difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill
Example in sentence:
  • the arduous work of preparing a dictionary

Nearby Words:

ardassine ardency ardent ardently ardentness ardor arduously arduousness ardurous

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