First Known Use: 1676
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Augean
adjective Au·ge·an \ȯ-ˈjē-ən\
Definition of AUGEAN
: extremely formidable or difficult and occasionally distasteful <an Augean task>
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Origin of AUGEAN
Latin Augeas, king of Elis, from Greek Augeias; from the legend that his stable, left neglected for 30 years, was finally cleaned by Hercules
Related to AUGEAN
- Synonyms
- arduous, hard, backbreaking, challenging, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, formidable, grueling (or gruelling), heavy, hellacious, herculean, killer, laborious, moiling, murderous, pick-and-shovel, rigorous, rough, rugged, severe, stiff, strenuous, sweaty, tall, testing, toilsome, tough, uphill
- Antonyms
- cheap, easy, effortless, facile, light, mindless, simple, soft, undemanding
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