Arduous
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

HARD
(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum; "Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants"

MEAN
Characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"

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FORCE
An act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"

HEAVY
A serious (or tragic) role in a play

TOUGH
Someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

STEEP
Of a slope; set at a high angle; "note the steep incline"; "a steep roof sheds snow"

STIFF
The dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

TIGHT
(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched; "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game"

SPINY
Having spines; "the dorsal fin is spinous"

SHEER
Cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle"

ROUGH
Of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

ROCKY
Full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"

HEFTY
Large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune"

HAIRY
Having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar"

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WICKED
Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"

UPHILL
The upward slope of a hill

TRICKY
Having concealed difficulty; "a catchy question"; "a tricky recipe to follow"

TIRING
Producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing"

THRONY

RUGGED
Having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface; "furrowed fields"; "his furrowed face lit by a warming smile"

PICNIC
Any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion

KNOTTY
Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"

TAXING
Not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"

BRUTAL
Disagreeably direct and precise; "he spoke with brutal honesty"

ABRUPT
Surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; "an abrupt reply"

TRYING
Extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office"

SEVERE
Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

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OPEROSE
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"

TRICKSY
Marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

ONEROUS
Not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"

SERIOUS
Concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!"

PAINFUL
Causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"

STICKLE
Dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)

NOTEASY

LABORED
Requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"

KNOTTED
Tied with a knot; "his carefully knotted necktie"

KILLING
The act of terminating a life

COMPLEX
A conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts; "the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town"

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RIGOROUS
Rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"

SIDELING

NOPICNIC

LABOURED
Requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"

EXCATING

DAUNTING
Discouraging through fear

DELICATE
Exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly"

CRUSHING
Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"

ABSTRUSE
Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"

CRITICAL
Of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism; "critical acclaim"

TOILSOME
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"

GRUELING
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"

VIGOROUS
Strong and active physically or mentally; "a vigorous old man who spent half of his day on horseback"- W.H.Hudson

TICKLISH
Difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"

TERRIBLE
Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

STRAINED
Struggling for effect; "agonistic poses"

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RIGOUROUS

WEARISOME
So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

MURDEROUS
Characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being ; "a homicidal rage"; "murderous thugs"

INTRICATE
Having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate; "intricate lacework"

FATIGUING

ENERGETIC
Working hard to promote an enterprise

EFFORTFUL
Requiring great physical effort

DIFFICILE

LABORIOUS
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"

GRUELLING
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"

PUNISHING
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"

STRAINING
An intense or violent exertion

STRENUOUS
Taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance; "his final, straining burst of speed"; "a strenuous task"; "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt

HERCULEAN
Displaying superhuman strength or power; "herculean exertions"

DEMANDING
Requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding"

DIFFICULT
Hard to control; "a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation"

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OPPRESSIVE
Marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"

HARDFOUGHT

HARDEARNED

FORMIDABLE
Extremely impressive in strength or excellence; "a formidable opponent"; "the challenge was formidable"; "had a formidable array of compositions to his credit"; "the formidable army of brains at the Prime Minister's disposal"

EXHAUSTING
Producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing"

BURDENSOME
Not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"

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TROUBLESOME
Difficult to deal with; "a troublesome infection"; "a troublesome situation"

PRECIPITOUS
Extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"

JAWBREAKING

COMPLICATED
Difficult to analyze or understand; "a complicated problem"; "complicated Middle East politics"

PRECIPITATE
Hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"

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BACKBREAKING
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"

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