Herculean \Her*cu"le*an\, a. [L. herculeus, fr. Hercules: cf. F.
hercul['e]en. See Hercules.]
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1. Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great,
difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task.
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2. Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean
limbs. "Herculean Samson." --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
herculean
adj 1: displaying superhuman strength or power; "herculean
exertions" [syn: powerful]
2: of extreme difficulty; requiring the strength of a Hercules;
"a herculean task"
WordNet (r) 2.0
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "Herculean":
Antaean, Atlantean, Briarean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean,
Gargantuan, Homeric, abstruse, abysmal, arduous, astronomic,
backbreaking, brutal, burdensome, colossal, complex, critical,
crushing, delicate, demanding, difficile, difficult, effortful,
elephantine, enormous, epic, exacting, forced, formidable,
gargantuan, giant, giantlike, gigantic, grueling, hairy, hard,
hard-earned, hard-fought, heavy, hefty, heroic, huge, immense,
infinite, intricate, jawbreaking, jumbo, killing, knotted, knotty,
labored, laborious, mammoth, mean, mighty, monster, monstrous,
monumental, mountainous, no picnic, not easy, onerous, operose,
oppressive, painful, prodigious, profound, punishing, rigorous,
rough, rugged, set with thorns, severe, spiny, steep, strained,
strenuous, stupendous, thorny, ticklish, titanic, toilsome, tough,
towering, tremendous, tricky, troublesome, uphill, vast, wearisome,
wicked
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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