strenous, taxing; requiring significant effort
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
difficult to accomplish
taxing to the utmost
SYN - straining, grueling, hard, laborious, punishing, toilsome
ANT - effortless
"Before him laid the arduous task of carrying these twenty bookshelves ten blocks to his new apartment."
"It was an arduous journey ahead, but the group had banded together and accepted the challenge."
"Tommy enjoyed such arduous activities because it was a chance for him to use his full potential and push himself to the limit, whereas effortless activities only bored him and made him feel like he was wasting his talents."
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