different between backbreaking vs arduous
backbreaking
English
Alternative forms
- back-breaking
Etymology
back +? breaking
Adjective
backbreaking (comparative more backbreaking, superlative most backbreaking)
- (figuratively) Of work, very physically tiring.
Derived terms
- backbreakingly
Translations
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arduous
English
Etymology
From Latin arduus (“lofty, high, steep, hard to reach, difficult, laborious”), akin to Irish ard (“high”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???dju??s/, /???d??u??s/
- (US) IPA(key): /????d??u?s/
Adjective
arduous (comparative more arduous, superlative most arduous)
- Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:arduous.
- (obsolete) burning; ardent
- 1805-1814, Dante, Henry Francis Cary (translator), The Divine Comedy
- 1805-1814, Dante, Henry Francis Cary (translator), The Divine Comedy
- Difficult or exhausting to traverse.
- 1999, Scott Ciencin, Mike Fredericks, Dinoverse:
- Mike looked up from the arduous mountain trail. They'd been climbing for five hours and he was beginning to feel irritable.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:arduous.
- 1999, Scott Ciencin, Mike Fredericks, Dinoverse:
Synonyms
- burdensome, demanding, exhausting, fatiguing, laborious, onerous, strenuous, strugglesome, wearisome
Derived terms
- arduousness
Related terms
- arduity
Translations
Further reading
- arduous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- arduous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- arduous at OneLook Dictionary Search
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