Laborious

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Laborious \La*bo"ri*ous\, a. [L. laboriosus, fr. labor labor:
     cf. F. laborieux.]
     1. Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome;
        tiresome.
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              Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil,
              Laborious virtues all? Learn these from Cato.
                                                    --Addison.
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     2. Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious
        mechanic.
        [1913 Webster] -- {La*bo"ri*ous*ly}, adv. --
        {La*bo"ri*ous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  laborious
       adj : characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion;
             especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way
             up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard
             labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many
             laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
             [syn: {arduous}, {backbreaking}, {grueling}, {gruelling},
              {hard}, {heavy}, {punishing}, {toilsome}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  103 Moby Thesaurus words for "laborious":
     Herculean, abstruse, ardent, arduous, assiduous, backbreaking,
     brutal, burdensome, careful, complex, critical, crushing, delicate,
     demanding, detailed, determined, difficile, difficult, diligent,
     dogged, effortful, energetic, exacting, exhausting, exhaustive,
     fatiguing, fervent, forced, formidable, grueling, hairy, hard,
     hard-earned, hard-fought, hard-working, hardworking, heavy, hefty,
     indefatigable, industrious, intricate, jawbreaking, killing,
     knotted, knotty, labored, mean, never idle, no picnic, not easy,
     obdurate, obstinate, onerous, operose, oppressive, overworked,
     painful, painstaking, persevering, persistent, ponderous,
     punishing, relentless, rigorous, rough, rugged, scrupulous,
     sedulous, set with thorns, severe, sleepless, spiny, steadfast,
     steady, steep, stiff, strained, strenuous, stubborn, taxing,
     thorny, thorough, ticklish, tireless, tiring, toilsome, tough,
     tricky, troublesome, unflagging, unrelenting, unremitting,
     unsleeping, unsparing, untiring, unwavering, unwearied, uphill,
     vehement, wearisome, wearying, wicked, zealous