arduous

English

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Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːdjuːəs/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɹd͡ʒuəs/
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Adjective

arduous (comparative more arduous, superlative most arduous)

1. Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.

   The movement towards a peaceful settlement has been a long and arduous political struggle.

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2. (obsolete) burning; ardent
   • (Can we date this quote?) Cary:

     Where flames the arduous Spirit of Isidore.

3. 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.

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Synonyms

• burdensome, demanding, exhausting, fatiguing, laborious, onerous, strenuous, strugglesome, wearisome

Derived terms

• arduousness

Related terms

• arduity

Translations

needing or using up much energy

• Arabic: شَاق (šāq)
• Bulgarian: труден (bg) (truden), усилен (bg) (usilen), мъчен (bg) (mǎčen)
• Catalan: ardu (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 艱苦／艰苦 (zh) (jiānkǔ), 艰苦 (zh) (jiānkǔ)

• Dutch: uitputtend (nl), zwaar (nl), moeizaam (nl)
• Finnish: vaivalloinen (fi), työläs (fi), uuvuttava (fi), rasittava (fi), ankara (fi)
• French: ardu (fr)
• German: mühsam (de),anstrengend (de), beschwerlich (de), erschöpfend (de)
• Hungarian: megerőltető (hu), fárasztó (hu), fáradságos (hu)
• Italian: arduo (it) m, ardua f
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• Japanese: 苦しい (ja) (くるしい, kurushii), 難儀な (ja) (なんぎな, nangi-na)
• Korean: 고난의 (ko) (gonan-ui), 힘드는 (himdeuneun)
• Norwegian: slitsom, vanskelig (no)
• Polish: uciążliwy (pl) m
• Portuguese: árduo (pt)
• Russian: напряжённый (ru) (naprjažónnyj), тру́дный (ru) (trúdnyj), тяжёлый (ru) (tjažólyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: mukotrpan (sh)
• Spanish: arduo (es), riguroso (es)
• Swedish: arbetsam (sv), besvärlig (sv), jobbig (sv), ansträngande (sv), avancerad (sv), krånglig (sv), svår (sv)
• Turkish: ağır (tr), çetin (tr), gayretli (tr), güç (tr), zor (tr)

hard to climb

• Bulgarian: стръмен (bg) (strǎmen), недостъпен (bg) (nedostǎpen)
• Catalan: ardu (ca)
• Dutch: uitputtend (nl), zwaar (nl), steil (nl), moeilijk te beklimmen
• Finnish: jyrkkä (fi), vaativa (fi)
• German: steil (de)
• Italian: arduo (it) m, ardua f
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• Norwegian: vanskelig (no)
• Portuguese: árduo (pt)
• Russian: круто́й (ru) (krutój), труднодосту́пный (ru) (trudnodostúpnyj)
• Spanish: arduo (es)
• Swedish: brant (sv), besvärlig (sv)
• Turkish: sarp (tr), çetin (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Bengali: ^{(please verify)} shramasadhya
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• (deprecated template usage) Ido: des-facila (1), abrupta (2)

Further reading

• “arduous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “arduous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “arduous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.