Definitions for arduous
ˈɑr dʒu əs; esp. Brit. ˈɑr dyu-ar·du·ous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsomeadjective

   characterized by 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"

2. arduous, straining, strenuousadjective

   taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance

   "his final, straining burst of speed"; "a strenuous task"; "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt

3. arduousadjective

   difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill

   "the arduous work of preparing a dictionary"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. arduousadjective

   Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.

   The movement towards a peaceful settlement has been a long and arduous political struggle.

2. arduousadjective

   burning; ardent

   Where flames the arduous Spirit of Isidore. uE000153782uE001 Cary.

3. arduousadjective

   Difficult or exhausting to traverse.

4. Etymology: From arduus, akin to Irish ard.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ARDUOUSadjective

   Etymology: arduus, Lat.

   1. Lofty; hard to climb.

   High on Parnassus’ top her sons she show’d,
   And pointed out those arduous paths they trod. Alexander Pope.

   2. Difficult.

   It was a means to bring him up in the school of arts and policy, and so to fit him for that great and arduous employment that God designed him to. South.

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1. arduous

   Arduous generally means something that is difficult, challenging, or demanding a high degree of effort, energy, or strenuous physical or mental exerticse. It's often used to describe tasks, journeys, or activities that are tough and tend to demand a lot of time, patience, or resources.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Arduousadjective

   steep and lofty, in a literal sense; hard to climb

2. Arduousadjective

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

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Arduous

   ärd′ū-us, adj. deep, difficult to climb: difficult to accomplish: laborious.—adv. Ard′uously.—n. Ard′uousness. [L. arduus, high; cog. with Celt. ard, high.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of arduous in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of arduous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of arduous in a Sentence

1. Serena Williams:

   This is only my second serious tournament back, i worked really, really hard (to get back playing) and it's been a long, arduous road but I always expected to come out and do the best I can do.

2. Dan Ives:

   This will be a major relief for Huawei after an arduous period with large technology players like Microsoft, Google and others restricted on the platform.

3. Jim Ritterbusch:

   Predicting short-term price swings has become extremely difficult given the arduous process of predicting the impact of the Delta variant on forward global oil demand, particularly in countries such as China where data is much less transparent than that of the U.S..

4. Ambassador Alexander Matsegora:

   Thank god, it is a long shot from the Arduous March, and I hope it would never come to that, the most important thing is that there is no famine in the country today.

5. Jessica Levinson:

   Trump thinks ‘our country is going to hell.’ Well, there is likely little more than a chance in hell that we are going to amend the Constitution, amending the Constitution is one of the most serious things that lawmakers can do. Therefore the path to doing it is rightfully arduous. I would put the chances … as beyond a longshot. To be sure, changing the Constitution, the supreme law of the land, would require a two-thirds vote in Congress, then ratification from three-fourths of state legislatures. It could also be changed through a constitutional convention in which at least 34 states convene to vote on an amendment, which would then need ratification from a minimum 38 states. Trump since announcing his candidacy in mid-June has made illegal immigrants from Mexico a top concern and has suggested several solutions -- including a wall along the southern border and the change to birthright citizenship.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=arduous
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Arduous
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=arduous
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arduous
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=arduous