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单词 toilsome
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Examples of 'toilsome' in a sentence
toilsome

"I can see some northern laird welcoming you in his chambers, but your mother might have found more toilsome labor to meet the cost.

Synonyms of 'toilsome'

laborious, hard, taxing, difficult
More Synonyms of toilsome
(adjective) 
Definition
requiring hard work
(literary) 
Synonyms
laborious
Keeping the garden tidy all year round can be a laborious task.
hard
Coping with three babies is very hard work.
taxing
You won't be asked to do anything too taxing.
difficult
It is difficult to read the sign from here.
tough
Whoever wins the election is going to have a tough job.
severe
He had faced an appallingly severe task in the jungle.
painful
the long and painful journey across the desert
fatiguing
tedious
the tedious business of line-by-line programming
strenuous
Avoid strenuous exercise in the evening.
arduous
The task was more arduous than he had calculated.
tiresome
My neighbour is petty and tiresome.
herculean
Finding a lawyer may seem like a Herculean task.
wearisome
a long and wearisome task
backbreaking

Additional synonyms

in the sense of arduous
Definition
difficult to accomplish
The task was more arduous than he had calculated.
Synonyms
difficult,
trying,
hard,
tough,
tiring,
severe,
painful,
exhausting,
punishing,
harsh,
taxing,
heavy,
steep,
formidable,
fatiguing,
rigorous,
troublesome,
gruelling,
strenuous,
onerous,
laborious,
burdensome,
backbreaking,
toilsome (literary)
in the sense of difficult
Definition
not easy to do, understand, or solve
It is difficult to read the sign from here.
Synonyms
hard,
tough,
taxing,
demanding,
challenging,
painful,
exacting,
formidable,
uphill,
strenuous,
problematic,
arduous,
onerous,
laborious,
burdensome,
wearisome,
no picnic (informal),
toilsome,
like getting blood out of a stone
in the sense of hard
Definition
showing or requiring a lot of effort or application
Coping with three babies is very hard work.
Synonyms
exhausting,
tough,
exacting,
formidable,
fatiguing,
wearying,
rigorous,
uphill,
gruelling,
strenuous,
arduous,
laborious,
burdensome,
Herculean,
backbreaking,
toilsome

Nearby words of
toilsome

  • together
  • toil
  • toilet
  • toilsome
  • token
  • tolerable
  • tolerance

Synonyms of 'toilsome'

toilsome

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of herculean
Definition
(of a task) requiring tremendous effort or strength
Finding a lawyer may seem like a Herculean task.
Synonyms
arduous,
hard,
demanding,
difficult,
heavy,
tough,
exhausting,
formidable,
gruelling,
strenuous,
prodigious,
onerous,
laborious,
toilsome (literary)
in the sense of painful
Definition
tedious or difficult
the long and painful journey across the desert
Synonyms
difficult,
arduous,
trying,
hard,
severe,
troublesome,
laborious,
vexatious
in the sense of severe
Definition
hard to perform or accomplish
He had faced an appallingly severe task in the jungle.
Synonyms
tough,
hard,
difficult,
taxing,
demanding,
fierce,
punishing,
exacting,
rigorous,
stringent,
arduous,
unrelenting
in the sense of strenuous
Definition
requiring or involving the use of great energy or effort
Avoid strenuous exercise in the evening.
Synonyms
demanding,
hard,
tough,
exhausting,
taxing,
uphill,
arduous,
laborious,
Herculean,
tough going,
toilsome (literary),
unrelaxing
in the sense of taxing
You won't be asked to do anything too taxing.
Synonyms
demanding,
trying,
wearing,
heavy,
tough,
tiring,
punishing,
exacting,
stressful,
sapping,
onerous,
burdensome,
wearisome,
enervating
in the sense of tedious
Definition
boring and uninteresting
the tedious business of line-by-line programming
Synonyms
boring,
dull,
dreary,
monotonous,
tiring,
annoying,
fatiguing,
drab,
banal,
tiresome,
lifeless,
prosaic,
laborious,
humdrum,
uninteresting,
long-drawn-out,
mind-numbing,
irksome,
unexciting,
soporific,
ho-hum (informal),
vapid,
wearisome,
deadly dull,
prosy,
dreich (Scottish)
in the sense of tiresome
Definition
boring and irritating
My neighbour is petty and tiresome.
Synonyms
boring,
annoying,
irritating,
trying,
wearing,
dull,
tedious,
exasperating,
monotonous,
laborious,
uninteresting,
irksome,
wearisome,
vexatious
in the sense of tough
Definition
difficult or troublesome to do or deal with
Whoever wins the election is going to have a tough job.
Synonyms
hard,
difficult,
exhausting,
troublesome,
uphill,
strenuous,
arduous,
thorny,
laborious,
irksome
in the sense of wearisome
Definition
causing fatigue and irritation
a long and wearisome task
Synonyms
tedious,
trying,
wearing,
boring,
exhausting,
dull,
annoying,
fatiguing,
troublesome,
oppressive,
exasperating,
tiresome,
monotonous,
prosaic,
humdrum,
burdensome,
uninteresting,
mind-numbing,
irksome,
bothersome,
vexatious,
pestilential
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