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laborious
adj. tiresome, exhausting; hard, strenuous; constrained; dull, without spontaneity; industrious, diligent; careful and attentive to detail


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laborious
Adjective
1. characterized by toilsome 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"
(synonym) arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, punishing, toilsome
(similar) effortful



Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Laborious
(a.)
Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome.
  
 
(a.)
Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic.
  

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laborious
adj.
1. toilsome
محنت طلب, دشوار, سخت
2. industrious
محنتي, کميرا, محنت کش, جفاکش

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laborious
Synonyms and related words:
Herculean, abstruse, ardent, arduous, assiduous, backbreaking, brutal, burdensome, careful, complex, critical, crushing, delicate, demanding, detailed, determined, difficile, difficult, diligent, dogged, effortful, energetic, exacting, exhausting, exhaustive, fatiguing, fervent, forced, formidable, grueling, hairy, hard, hard-earned, hard-fought, hard-working, hardworking, heavy, hefty, indefatigable, industrious, intricate, jawbreaking, killing, knotted, knotty, labored, mean, never idle, no picnic, not easy, obdurate, obstinate, onerous, operose, oppressive, overworked, painful, painstaking, persevering, persistent, ponderous, punishing, relentless, rigorous, rough, rugged, scrupulous, sedulous, set with thorns, severe, sleepless, spiny, steadfast, steady, steep, stiff, strained, strenuous, stubborn, taxing, thorny, thorough, ticklish, tireless, tiring, toilsome, tough, tricky, troublesome, unflagging, unrelenting, unremitting, unsleeping, unsparing, untiring, unwavering, unwearied, uphill, vehement, wearisome, wearying, wicked, zealous
  

Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.

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