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involving hard or difficult work, or great effort: The ascent was long and toilsome over the mountain. Fewer examples. Campus housing officials across the country have a toilsome task every year. He remembered the long, toilsome months when he had worked to perfect his style of writing.
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involving hard or difficult work, or great effort: The...
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toilsome definicja: 1. involving hard or difficult work, or...
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There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective toilsome. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
4 meanings: laborious → 1. involving great exertion or long effort 2. given to working hard 3. (of literary style, etc) not.... Click for more definitions.
Synonyms and antonyms of toilsome in English. toilsome. adjective. These are words and phrases related to toilsome. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of toilsome. The work was both time-consuming and toilsome. Synonyms. laborious. wearisome. difficult. hard. arduous. strenuous. tough. tedious. tiring.
Something is toilsome if it's really difficult, requiring exhausting or boring effort. Shoveling a foot of heavy snow out of your neighbor's long driveway is toilsome.
Synonyms for TOILSOME: difficult, challenging, rigorous, tough, demanding, hard, formidable, arduous; Antonyms of TOILSOME: easy, simple, light, undemanding, mindless, effortless, soft, cheap
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involving hard or difficult work, or great effort: The ascent was long and toilsome over the mountain. Fewer examples. Campus housing officials across the country have a toilsome task every year. He remembered the long, toilsome months when he had worked to perfect his style of writing.