OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 21640

arduous

/ˈɑː.djuː.əs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
arduo • dispendioso • riguroso
Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.
Chelsea survived and can now turn their attentions to the Champions League final against Bayern Munich in Germany later this month as they face an increasingly arduous task to fini…
The movement towards a peaceful settlement has been a long and arduous political struggle.
arduo
Difficult or exhausting to traverse.
Beyond the river, an arduous slope rises 3286 feet in 13 miles.
Mike looked up from the arduous mountain trail. They'd been climbing for five hours and he was beginning to feel irritable.