English-Thai Dictionary

arduous

ADJ ชัน  ยาก ที่จะ ปีน ได้  steep chan

 

arduous

ADJ ยากลำบาก  ยากเข็ญ  หนักหน่วง  เหน็ดเหนื่อย  laborious hard yak-lam-bak

 

arduously

ADV อย่าง ยากลำบาก  yang-yak-lam-bak

 

arduousness

N ความยากลำบาก  ความ ยาก เข็บ  difficulty khwam-yak-lam-bak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ARDUOUS

a.[L. arduus.] 1. High, lofty, in a literal sense; as, arduous paths.
2. Difficult; attended with great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; as, an arduous employment, task, or enterprise.

 

ARDUOUSLY

adv. In an arduous manner; with laboriousness.

 

ARDUOUSNESS

n.Height; difficulty of execution.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ARDUOUS

Ar "du *ous, a. Etym: [L. arduus steep, high; akin to Ir. ard high, height. ]

 

1. Steep and lofty, in a literal sense; hard to climb. Those arduous pats they trod. Pope.

 

2. Attended with great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; difficult; laborious; as, an arduous employment, task, or enterprise.

 

Syn. -- Difficult; trying; laborious; painful; exhausting. -- Arduous, Hard, Difficult. Hard is simpler, blunter, and more general in sense than difficult; as, a hard duty to perform, hard work, a hard task, one which requires much bodily effort and perseverance to do. Difficult commonly implies more skill and sagacity than hard, as when there is disproportion between the means and the end. A work may be hard but not difficult. We call a thing arduous when it requires strenuous and persevering exertion, like that of one who is climbing a precipice; as, an arduous task, an arduous duty. "It is often difficult to control our feelings; it is still harder to subdue our will; but it is an arduous undertaking to control the unruly and contending will of others."

 

ARDUOUSLY

ARDUOUSLY Ar "du *ous *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an arduous manner; with difficulty or laboriousness.

 

ARDUOUSNESS

ARDUOUSNESS Ar "du *ous *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being arduous; difficulty of execution.

 

ARDUROUS

ARDUROUS Ar "du *rous, a.

 

Defn: Burning; ardent. [R.] Lo! further on, Where flames the arduous Spirit of Isidore. Cary.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

arduous

ar du ous |ˈärjo͞oəs ˈɑːruəs | ▶adjective involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring: an arduous journey. DERIVATIVES ar du ous ly adverb, ar du ous ness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin arduus ‘steep, difficult ’ + -ous .

 

Oxford Dictionary

arduous

arduous |ˈɑːdjʊəs | ▶adjective involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring: an arduous journey. DERIVATIVES arduously adverb, arduousness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin arduus ‘steep, difficult ’ + -ous .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

arduous

arduous adjective an arduous journey: onerous, taxing, difficult, hard, heavy, laborious, burdensome, strenuous, vigorous, back-breaking; demanding, tough, challenging, formidable; exhausting, tiring, punishing, grueling; uphill, steep; informal killing; toilsome. ANTONYMS easy. WORD TOOLKIT

arduous	challenging	onerous
journey	problem	responsibility
process	task	regulations
training	question	tax
climb	environment	debt

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Oxford Thesaurus

arduous

arduous adjective she was now faced with an arduous journey into a remote country: onerous, taxing, difficult, hard, heavy, laborious, burdensome, strenuous, vigorous, back-breaking, stiff, uphill, relentless, Herculean; demanding, trying, tough, challenging, formidable, exacting; exhausting, wearying, fatiguing, tiring, punishing, gruelling, grinding; intolerable, unbearable, murderous, harrowing; informal killing, no picnic; Brit. informal knackering; archaic toilsome; rare exigent. ANTONYMS easy, effortless. WORD TOOLKIT

arduous	challenging	onerous
journey	problem	responsibility
process	task	regulations
training	question	tax
climb	environment	debt

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French Dictionary

ardu

ardu , ue adj. adjectif Difficile. : Un problème ardu. SYNONYME compliqué . ANTONYME facile .

 

Spanish Dictionary

arduo

arduo adjetivo formal Que es muy difícil o exige mucho esfuerzo :una ardua cuestión; el paleontólogo debe plantearse a menudo el arduo problema de atribuir o no atribuir condición específicamente humana de determinados restos óseos o ciertas piedras talladas .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

arduous

ar du ous /ɑ́ː r dʒuəs |ɑ́ːdju -/形容詞 1 〈仕事などが 〉努力を要する, 困難な (difficult )▸ an arduous task 骨折り仕事 2 〈努力などが 〉懸命な .3 〈道などが 〉急な, 険しい .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞