Definitions for laborious
ləˈbɔr i əs, -ˈboʊr-la·bo·ri·ous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. laboriousadjective

   Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.

2. laboriousadjective

   Mentally difficult; painstaking

3. laboriousadjective

   Industrious.

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

1. LABORIOUSadjective

   Etymology: laborieux, French; laboriosus, Latin.

   1. Diligent in work; assiduous.

   That which makes the clergy glorious, is to be knowing in their professions, unspotted in their lives, active and laborious in their charges, bold and resolute in opposing seducers, and daring to look vice in the face; and lastly, to be gentle, courteous, and compassionate to all. Robert South, Serm.

   To his laborious youth consum’d in war,
   And lasting age, adorn’d and crown’d with peace. Matthew Prior.

   2. Requiring labour; tiresome; not easy.

   A spacious cave within its farmost part,
   Was hew’d and fashion’d by laborious art,
   Through the hill’s hollow sides. John Dryden, Æn. 6.

   Do’st thou love watchings, abstinence, and toil,
   Laborious virtues all? learn them from Cato. Joseph Addison, Cato.

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1. laborious

   Laborious refers to a task, process, or activity that requires significant effort, time, and hard work. It often implies something tedious, exhausting, or physically demanding.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Laboriousadjective

   requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome

2. Laboriousadjective

   devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic

3. Etymology: [L. laboriosus, fr. labor labor: cf. F. laborieux.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of laborious in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of laborious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of laborious in a Sentence

1. Carl Jung:

   In studying the history of the human mind one is impressed again and again by the fact that the growth of the mind is the widening of the range of consciousness, and that each step forward has been a most painful and laborious achievement. One could almost say that nothing is more hateful to man than to give up even a particle of his unconsciousness. Ask those who have tried to introduce a new idea!

2. Jeff Roe:

   That's a laborious process -- and we are absolutely doing that, so that's a big part of the process to make sure your delegates don't get stolen.

3. John Lancaster Spalding:

   The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds.

4. Virgil:

   The descent to hell is easy, the black gates stand open night and day, but to climb back up again to retrace ones steps to the upper air there in lies the laborious task, the toil.

5. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker:

   The agreement was laborious, but it has been concluded. There is no Grexit.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=laborious
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Laborious
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=laborious
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laborious