laborious
Requiring sustained effort
Laborious describes work that requires considerable effort and time—demanding, painstaking, slow-going: a laborious process, laborious research.
The word often implies tedium alongside difficulty.
A laborious style of writing or speaking is heavy and strained, lacking ease: His laborious prose made the article hard to finish.
Depleting one's stamina
- strenuousRequiring intense exertion
- demandingRequiring great effort
- toughDurable and strong
- challengingHard to accomplish
difficult · backbreaking · onerous · taxing · formidable · daunting · rigorous · painstaking
Hard, boring work
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- exertionVigorous physical effort
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
- effortApplied energy toward goals
work · grind · slog · travail · strain · hardship · endeavor · graft
Unchangingly dull
- boringFailing to engage interest
- dullLacking edge or interest
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
plodding · long-winded · dragging · ponderous · slow · time-consuming · protracted · drawn-out
Full of specifics
- carefulExercising caution and attention
- thoroughComplete in every detail
- painstakingExtremely careful and thorough
- scrupulousThorough and principled
methodical · exacting · precise · fastidious · punctilious · conscientious · assiduous · finicky
Persistently attentive to tasks
- hardworkingCommitted to sustained effort
- perseveringMaintaining effort despite difficulty
- assiduousShowing careful persistent effort
- tirelessNever losing energy
dedicated · conscientious · devoted · earnest · sedulous · unflagging · persistent · steadfast
exhausting
Depleting one's stamina
challenging · difficult · backbreaking · onerous · taxing · formidable · daunting · rigorous · painstaking · grinding
drudgery
Hard, boring work
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- exertionVigorous physical effort
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
effort · work · grind · slog · travail · strain · hardship · endeavor · graft · elbow-grease
monotonous
Unchangingly dull
repetitive · plodding · long-winded · dragging · ponderous · slow · time-consuming · protracted · drawn-out · interminable
detailed
Full of specifics
- carefulExercising caution and attention
- thoroughComplete in every detail
- painstakingExtremely careful and thorough
scrupulous · methodical · exacting · precise · fastidious · punctilious · conscientious · assiduous · finicky · fussy
diligent
Persistently attentive to tasks
- hardworkingCommitted to sustained effort
- perseveringMaintaining effort despite difficulty
- assiduousShowing careful persistent effort
tireless · dedicated · conscientious · devoted · earnest · sedulous · unflagging · persistent · steadfast · determined
- exhaustingdraining, taxing, tiring, exhausting, fatiguing
- challengeschallenge, difficult, hard, challenging, tough
- tedioustedious, tiresome, wearisome, boring, monotonous
- difficultyeasy, hard, medium, difficult, moderate
- intensity levelshigh, low, moderate, medium, intense
- inefficiencyinefficient, wasteful, unproductive, ineffective, suboptimal