toilsomeness
Quality of arduousness
The quality of being toilsome—requiring hard, exhausting labor.
Toilsomeness emphasizes the wearying nature of work rather than its difficulty: The toilsomeness of the harvest left everyone depleted.
The word is uncommon; most writers prefer phrases like "how exhausting" or "the grueling nature of."
Demanding strenuous effort
- backbreakingExtremely physically demanding
- gruelingExtremely tiring and demanding
- punishingExtremely taxing or severe
- taxingRequiring great effort
onerous · burdensome · demanding · rigorous · laborious · difficult · tough · challenging
Hard, boring work
- slogLaborious persistent effort
- grindCrush into particles
- monotonyTiresome lack of change
- tediumWearisome dullness
plodding · wearisome · humdrum · dreary · tiresome · irksome · thankless · unrewarding
Causing weariness or exhaustion
- drainingDepleting one's reserves
- wearyingCausing gradual exhaustion
- debilitatingCausing severe impairment
- enervatingCausing loss of vigor
sapping · tiresome · depleting · wearing · overtaxing · prostrating · withering · grinding
arduous
Demanding strenuous effort
- backbreakingExtremely physically demanding
- gruelingExtremely tiring and demanding
- punishingExtremely taxing or severe
taxing · onerous · burdensome · demanding · rigorous · laborious · difficult · tough · challenging · uphill
drudgery
Hard, boring work
tedium · plodding · wearisome · humdrum · dreary · tiresome · irksome · thankless · unrewarding · repetitive
fatiguing
Causing weariness or exhaustion
- drainingDepleting one's reserves
- wearyingCausing gradual exhaustion
- debilitatingCausing severe impairment
enervating · sapping · tiresome · depleting · wearing · overtaxing · prostrating · withering · grinding · relentless
toilsomenesseasiness
Lack of difficulty
ease · effortlessness · simplicity · facility · straightforwardness
toilsomenesseffortlessness
Quality of seeming unstrained
restfulness · leisureliness · relaxation · comfort · pleasantness