sweatfuladj.
/ˈswɛtfʊl/ Chiefly poetic.
Full of or abounding in sweat; inducing or accompanied by sweat; toilsome, laborious; distressing, oppressive.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > oppressed or afflicted > oppressive
oppressinga1475
vexable?c1525
oppressful1606
sweatfula1618
oppressive1647
down-bearing1690
the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [adjective] > laborious or toilsome
soreOE
workfulOE
hardOE
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beswinkfulc1230
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travailousa1382
laboriousa1393
laborousc1405
winful1443
painfulc1480
toilous1530
operousa1538
drudging1548
travailsome1549
laboursome1551
moilingc1566
toilsome?1570
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insudate1609
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moliminous1656
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schleppy1978
a1618 J. Sylvester Iob Triumphant in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 901 Man, for Sin, must toile him seruilelie, In Sweatfull Labour.
1623 B. Hone in Cockeram Eng. Dict. A vij b If things farre fetch'd are dearest, most esteem'd, which by times sweatful houres haue been redeem'd.
1876 J. S. Blackie Songs Relig. & Life 53 Lift up thy head, O Man,..To sway with sweatful plan The stubborn-breasted earth.
1885 C. Lowe Life Bismarck II. xiv. 403 The bloated armaments under which all Europe is bending to the earth with sweatful groans.
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