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- Dictionarylaborious/ləˈbɔːrɪəs/
adjective
- 1. requiring considerable time and effort: "years of laborious training" Similar Opposite
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adjective. uk / ləˈbɔː.ri.əs / us / ləˈbɔːr.i.əs / Add to word list. needing a lot of time and effort: a laborious task. Synonyms. arduous. backbreaking. gruelling mainly UK. hard. punishing. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Complicated and difficult to do. advanced. ambitiously. another. arduous. formidable. formidably.
The meaning of LABORIOUS is involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous. How to use laborious in a sentence.
characterized by or requiring extreme care and much attention to detail: laborious research. characterized by or exhibiting excessive effort, dullness, and lack of spontaneity; labored: labor: a strained, laborious plot. given to or diligent in work: a careful, laborious craftsman.
adjective. us / ləˈbɔːr.i.əs / uk / ləˈbɔː.ri.əs / Add to word list. needing a lot of time and effort: a laborious task. Synonyms. arduous. backbreaking. gruelling mainly UK. hard. punishing. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Complicated and difficult to do. advanced. ambitiously. another. arduous. formidable. formidably.
If you describe a task or job as laborious, you mean that it takes a lot of time and effort. Keeping the garden tidy all year round can be a laborious task. American English : laborious / ləˈbɔriəs /
Laborious describes something that requires a lot of hard work, such as Victor Frankenstein’s laborious undertaking of digging graves to find monster parts.
adj. 1. requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking. 2. characterized by or exhibiting excessive effort; labored. 3. industrious. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin labōriōsus] la•bo′ri•ous•ly, adv. la•bo′ri•ous•ness, n.
Definition of laborious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
LABORIOUS meaning: Laborious work is very difficult and needs a lot of effort: . Learn more.
Synonyms for LABORIOUS: diligent, busy, engaged, employed, industrious, assiduous, occupied, active; Antonyms of LABORIOUS: idle, unemployed, inactive, free, unoccupied, lifeless, slow, sleepy.