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- DictionaryAr·du·ous/ˈärjəwəs/
adjective
- 1. involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring: "an arduous journey"
The meaning of ARDUOUS is hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult. How to use arduous in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Arduous.
difficult and tiring, or needing a great deal of effort: In those days, a trip to the West was an arduous journey.
adjective. requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking. Synonyms: exhausting, burdensome, wearisome, onerous, toilsome, hard. Antonyms: easy. requiring or using much energy and vigor; strenuous: making an arduous effort. hard to climb; steep: an arduous path up the hill.
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort. “worked their arduous way up the mining valley”. synonyms: backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome. effortful.
1. requiring great physical or mental effort; difficult to accomplish; strenuous. 2. hard to endure; harsh: arduous conditions. 3. hard to overcome or surmount; steep or difficult: an arduous track. [C16: from Latin arduus steep, difficult] ˈarduously adv. ˈarduousness n.
difficult and tiring, or needing a great deal of effort: In those days, a trip to the West was an arduous journey.
1. requiring great physical or mental effort; difficult to accomplish; strenuous. 2. hard to endure; harsh. arduous conditions. 3. hard to overcome or surmount; steep or difficult. an arduous track. Collins English Dictionary.
Arduous Definition. Demanding great effort or labor; difficult. Difficult to do; laborious; onerous. Testing severely the powers of endurance; strenuous. A long, arduous, and exhausting war. Using much energy; strenuous. Hard to traverse, climb, or surmount.
Something that is arduous is difficult and tiring, and involves a lot of effort.
Definition of arduous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
