toilsome

• Adjectif décrivant quelque chose qui demande un travail pénible et épuisant. Peut aussi qualifier une tâche qui est à la fois difficile et fastidieuse à accomplir.

An old-fashioned adjective describing something that involves hard and tiring work.

1. Requiring great effortC1formal

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

   pénible, épuisant

   • The journey through the mountains was long and toilsome.
   • He found the manual labor toilsome but rewarding.
   • The toilsome task of cleaning the entire house took all weekend.

   Synonymesarduousbackbreakingburdensomedemandingexhaustinggruelinghardlaboriousonerouspunishingstrenuoustoughwearisome

   Antonymeseasyeffortlesslightsimpleundemanding