laborious

Meanings

• adjective

  requiring great or excessive effort; hard to do.

  - "The laborious process of extracting gold from raw ore is a complex and time-consuming task."
  - "Despite the laborious efforts of the team, they were unable to finish the project on time."

• adjective

  giving or deserving hard work or trouble.

  - "The laborious nature of farming left the family with little free time."
  - "The laborious task of sorting through old documents was a tedious but necessary chore."

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Pronunciation

1. /ləˈbɔːɹiəs/
   
   
   
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2. /ləˈbɔːɹiəs/
   
   
   
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Synonyms

painstaking , toilsome , worksome

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with laborious
adjourn , bourne , furn , urn,urne , yearn

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Variants

List of all variants of laborious that leads to same result
laborious , laboriously , laboriousness , laboriousnesses

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Etymology

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From Middle English laboriou(s), from labor, from Old French labour, from Latin labore 'toil, labor'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'laborious' comes from the Latin word 'labore', which means 'toil' or 'labor'.

2. In ancient Rome, labor was considered a virtue, and the goddess of labor, Libera, was highly revered.

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Related Concepts

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1. toil: Synonym for 'laborious', implying hard work and effort.

2. perspiration: The physical effort and sweat involved in laborious tasks.

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Culture

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The term 'laborious' has been used extensively in literature to describe the hardships and struggles faced by characters. For instance, in George Eliot's novel 'Silas Marner,' the eponymous protagonist is described as a 'laborious' weaver, who spends long hours at his loom to create intricate tapestries.

How to Memorize "laborious"

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3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering that 'laborious' begins with the letter 'L' and is associated with hard work and effort.

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