BabelNet

bn:00097470a

Adjective Concept

arduous backbreaking grueling gruelling hard

Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort WordNet 3.0

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Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Requiring much physical effort; toilsome. Wiktionary

Requiring much physical effort. Wiktionary (translation)

That punishes physically and/or mentally; arduous, gruelling, demanding. Wiktionary

Requiring continuous physical effort; laborious. Wiktionary

Requiring continuous physical effort. Wiktionary (translation)

Worked their arduous way up the mining valley WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A grueling campaign WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Hard labor WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Heavy work WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Heavy going WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Spent many laborious hours on the project WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Set a punishing pace WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome

Wiktionary

laborious, punishing, toilsome