laborious

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, operose, punishing, toilsome

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