Arduous - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈɑːrdʒʊəs|  American pronunciation of the word arduous
Brit.  |ˈɑːdjʊəs|  British pronunciation of the word arduous

adjective

- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort (syn: backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome)
worked their arduous way up the mining valley
- taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance (syn: straining, strenuous)
your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here
- difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill
the arduous work of preparing a dictionary

Extra examples

He went through a long and arduous training program.

Such an enterprise would be in the highest degree arduous and hazardous.

To forgive is the most arduous pitch human nature can arrive at.

Napoleon made arduous efforts to reconstruct his army.

As yoga classes go, this is not an arduous one, but the students don't know that.

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