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toilsome
adjective toil·some \ˈtȯi(-ə)l-səm\
Definition of TOILSOME
: marked by or full of toil or fatigue : laborious <a toilsome task>
— toil·some·ly adverb
— toil·some·ness noun
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First Known Use of TOILSOME
1575
Related to TOILSOME
- Synonyms
- arduous, Augean, 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, hard, tough, uphill
- Antonyms
- cheap, easy, effortless, facile, light, mindless, simple, soft, undemanding
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