toilsome+effort
11grueling — adjective characterized by 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 …
12operose — adjective characterized by 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 …
13punishing — adjective 1. resulting in punishment the king imposed a punishing tax • Participle of verb: ↑punish 2. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort worked their arduous way up the mining valley a grueling… …
14exertion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Physical effort Nouns 1. exertion, energy, effort, strain, tug, pull, stretch, struggle, trouble, pains, endeavor, action; work ethic. 2. (physical exercises) a. gymnastics, athletics, acrobatics; ariel …
15work — n 1 Work, labor, travail, toil, drudgery, grind are comparable when they mean effort or exertion directed to the accomplishment of an end, or an employment or activity which involves such expenditure of effort or exertion. Work is the most… …
16hard — 1. adjective 1) hard ground Syn: firm, solid, rigid, stiff, resistant, unbreakable, inflexible, impenetrable, unyielding, solidified, hardened, compact, compacted, dense, close packed, compressed; steely …
17Malakia (effeminacy) — In Greek society, effeminacy (Greek: gr. ἀνανδρία ndash; anandria ; gr. μαλακία ndash; malakia; Latin: mollites) was a term applied to men who were perceived as having the quality of unmanliness, softness or delicacy, shown by moral weakness,… …
18Malakia — (Greek: ἀνανδρία – anandria; μαλακία – malakia; Latin: mollites) was a particular type of cowardice, associated with effeminacy in men, that was widely condemned in ancient Greek society. To the ancient Greek, bravery was such an essential… …
19Exertion — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Exertion >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 exertion exertion effort strain tug pull stress throw stretch struggle spell spurt spirt Sgm: N 1 stroke of work stroke …
20toilsomeness — noun the quality of requiring extended effort • Syn: ↑laboriousness, ↑operoseness • Derivationally related forms: ↑toilsome, ↑operose (for: ↑operoseness), ↑laborious ( …
