Meaning of TOILSOME
| Pronunciation: | | 'toylsum
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| | Definition: | | [adj] characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace" |
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| | Synonyms: | | arduous, backbreaking, effortful, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Toil"some\ (-s[u^]m), a.
Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious;
wearisome; as, toilsome work.
What can be toilsome in these pleasant walks? --Milton.
-- {Toil"some*ly}, adv. -- {Toil"some*ness}, n.
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