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toilsome

[ toil-suhm ]

/ ˈtɔɪl səm /

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adjective

characterized by or involving toil; laborious or fatiguing.

Origin of toilsome

First recorded in 1575–85; toil¹ + -some¹

SYNONYMS FOR toilsome

wearisome, arduous, strenuous, tiring.

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OTHER WORDS FROM toilsome

toil·some·ly, adverb toil·some·ness, noun

Words nearby toilsome

toilet water, toilet-train, toiletry, toilette, toilful, toilsome, toilworn, toise, toitoi, tojo, tok pisin

Example sentences from the Web for toilsome

A little wayside inn gave us a brief respite from our toilsome journey.

Letters from Switzerland |Samuel Irenus Prime
His life had been short and toilsome, but the God of his fathers had delivered him from all his sorrows.

History of the Jews, Vol. I (of 6) |Heinrich Graetz
That is a toilsome road by which one leaves Folkestone for Dover.

The Ingoldsby Country |Charles G. (Charles George) Harper
Four human beings with heavy packs on their backs were making their toilsome way over the snow-covered surface of the frozen sea.

Archibald Hughson |W.H.G. Kingston

The civilization of any people is the slow and toilsome growth of centuries, an unfolding of the people's spirit itself.

The Color Line |William Benjamin Smith

British Dictionary definitions for toilsome

toilsome

toilful

/ (ˈtɔɪlsəm) /

adjective

laborious

Derived forms of toilsome

toilsomely or toilfully, adverb toilsomeness or toilfulness, noun