operose

An obsolete adjective meaning involving great effort or labor; difficult and hardworking.

• 🇫🇷Adjectif littéraire ou vieilli signifiant qui exige beaucoup d'efforts ou de travail ; difficile et laborieux.

1. Requiring great effort C2 formal

   Characterized by hard work or effort, often to the point of exhaustion, especially physical effort.

   • The operose task of moving the heavy furniture took all day.
   • His operose efforts in the field left him completely drained.
   • The project was operose, requiring long hours and intense labor.

   🇫🇷pénible

   Synonymes: arduousdifficultexhaustinghardlaboriousonerousstrenuoustiresome

   Antonymes: easysimple