MEANING
Demanding great effort or endurance because of difficulty, length, or intensity.
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Use for prolonged effort or a difficult undertaking.Make a task or journey feel physically or mentally demanding.
Words that belong together
- arduous task
- arduous journey
- arduous process
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The arduous climb reduced their conversation to short breaths and hand signals.
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Arduous emphasizes sustained difficulty or effort; it describes the work, not merely the person doing it.
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