Laborious \La*bo"ri*ous\, a. [L. laboriosus, fr. labor labor:
cf. F. laborieux.]
1. Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome;
tiresome.
[1913 Webster]
Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil,
Laborious virtues all? Learn these from Cato.
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]
2. Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious
mechanic.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
laborious
adj : 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"
[syn: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling,
hard, heavy, punishing, toilsome]
WordNet (r) 2.0
103 Moby Thesaurus words for "laborious":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, punishing, toilsome
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