laborious

adjective
UK: /ləˈbɔː.ri.əs/
US: /ləˈbɔːr.i.əs/

  1. Involving a lot of effort and hard work; difficult.

    1. Cleaning the entire house was a very laborious task.
    2. After many laborious hours in the library, she completed her thesis.

  2. Requiring considerable time and effort; characterized by hard work or toil.

    1. The laborious process of building the house took a year.
    2. The project required a laborious investigation of old records in the archives.

Synonyms

toilsome hard strenuous taxing difficult onerous arduous

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "laborious" in English means: Involving a lot of effort and hard work; difficult., Requiring considerable time and effort; characterized by hard work or toil..

The phonetic transcription of "laborious" is /ləˈbɔː.ri.əs/ in British English and /ləˈbɔːr.i.əs/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "laborious": toilsome, hard, strenuous, taxing, difficult, onerous, arduous.

Example usage of "laborious": "Cleaning the entire house was a very laborious task.". More examples on the page.