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单词 effortfulness
释义

effortful

adjective

ef·​fort·​ful ˈe-fərt-fəl How to pronounce effortful (audio)
: showing or requiring effort
effortfully
ˈe-fərt-fə-lē How to pronounce effortful (audio)
adverb
effortfulness
ˈe-fərt-fəl-nəs How to pronounce effortful (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • arduous
  • Augean
  • backbreaking
  • challenging
  • demanding
  • difficult
  • exacting
  • formidable
  • grueling
  • gruelling
  • hard
  • heavy
  • hellacious
  • herculean
  • killer
  • laborious
  • moiling
  • murderous
  • pick-and-shovel
  • rigorous
  • rough
  • rugged
  • severe
  • stiff
  • strenuous
  • sweaty
  • tall
  • testing
  • toilsome
  • tough
  • uphill
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Example Sentences

the book's abstruse subject matter and dense prose make for effortful reading
Recent Examples on the Web Multitasking has become a little bit more effortful. Aria Bendix, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2022 Their sound unrefined and their performance effortful, these singers were compelling in a way professionals couldn’t be. New York Times, 1 July 2022 Holmes’s famous Muppet baritone becomes a facet of her effortful social clumsiness. Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022 But doing so always feels subtly effortful, like speaking a fluent but not native second language. Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 28 May 2022 Ken Ueno’s score is subtly chant-like, serving less to announce itself as to empower the performers on their effortful path to self-expression. Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2022 Her supportiveness sounded the slightest bit effortful. Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2021 Greer Grimsley’s resonant bass-baritone was here faded and effortful, and not always easy to follow. New York Times, 3 Apr. 2022 Thinking, on its own, is surprisingly effortful and even a little bit boring, and people will do almost anything to avoid it. Matthew Baldwin, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1895, in the meaning defined above

effortfulness

noun

as in effort

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • effort
  • painstaking
  • application
  • trouble
  • persistence
  • bother
  • concentration
  • pains
  • tenacity
  • perseverance
  • attentiveness
  • sedulity
  • industry
  • tirelessness
  • attention
  • sedulousness
  • doggedness
  • diligence
  • assiduousness
  • assiduity
  • care
  • industriousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • carelessness
  • negligence
  • laziness
  • idleness
  • indolence
  • slackness
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