Laborious

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiÉ™s

Alternative forms

• labourious
• laborous
• labourous

Full definition of laborious

Adjective

1. Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
• Orwell Animal Farm|1Let us face it, our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.
2. Mentally difficult; painstaking
3. Industrious.
• DrydenAll with united force combine to drive
  The lazy drones from the laborious hive.

Synonyms

• (requiring effort) painstaking, toilsome, worksome

Derived terms

• laboriously