laborious

Meaning

1. Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
2. Mentally difficult; painstaking.
3. Industrious.

Synonyms

toilsome

arduous

hard

industrious

difficult

hardworking

diligent

painstaking

heavy

strenuous

backbreaking

assiduous

punishing

gruelling

toiling

tiring

operose

troublesome

uphill

grueling

labored

laboured

labour-intensive

minute

miserable

overwork

sedulous

severe

stiff

tireful

sumptuous

sweaty

tough

trouble

wearisome

working

labourious

cause to suffer

state ceremony

laboursome

overtask

exhause

travailous

labour-consuming

difficulty

dull

demanding

exhausting

extensive

fatiguing

Translations

laborieux

laborioso

laborioso

faticoso

ardu

επίπονος

mühsam

penoso

zwaar

pénible

arbeidzaam

arbeitsam

moeizaam

çalışkan

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ləˈbɔːɹiəs/

Etymology

From Old French laborios, from Latin laboriosus. By surface analysis, labor + -ious