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arduousness

arduousness

8.5
A lot of hard work needed to do a task
  • noun
  • /ˈɑrdʒuəsnəs/
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  • Despite the arduousness of studying for final exams, she remained focused and dedicated to her goals.

Examples

  • Training for a marathon requires great arduousness, demanding hours of running and preparation each week.

  • Pieper's life teaches the arduousness with which a virtuous life is attained.

    Academic text (2005)

  • The arduousness of climbing the mountain tested their endurance and determination to reach the summit.

Synonyms

difficulty
vsarduousness
651 2.4

A hard part of a task that needs extra effort or is not easy to understand

points to very severe challenge needing exceptional endurance and effort
tough going
vsarduousness
  • Informal
4 5.3

A situation or task that is hard to do

stresses extreme endurance and severity beyond being merely hard
strenuousness
vsarduousness
1 7.5

A state of needing a lot of physical or mental effort

means extreme difficulty demanding long endurance rather than short intensity
laboriousness
vsarduousness
7.4

A state of needing a lot of hard work and time

focuses on extreme difficulty and endurance rather than just long effort
operoseness
vsarduousness
  • Formal
9.9

A state of needing a lot of hard work

stresses extreme difficulty and endurance beyond mere effort
toilsomeness
vsarduousness
9.9

A situation that needs long, hard work and makes you tired

highlights severe difficulty and endurance more than being merely tiring
ruggedness
vsarduousness
6.8

Being difficult and needing a lot of effort or skill

emphasizes extreme hard work and endurance more than mere challenge
difficultness
vsarduousness
7.0

How hard something is to do, deal with, or understand

focuses on extreme effort and endurance rather than general hardness

Antonyms

simplicity
63 1.7

Being easy to understand and not complicated

How Hard

hardship
128 3.4
arduousness
8.5
difficulty
651 2.4
ease
304 1.0

Surface Forms

arduousness singular
arduousnesses plural

Morphology

arduousness = arduous (transparent) = arduous + ness

A straightforward nominalization of the adjective 'arduous' with '-ness', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Arduousness comes from the old Latin word arduus, which meant 'steep' or 'difficult'. So, think of a steep hill that takes a lot of work to climb, which is why arduousness and the related word arduous mean 'needing great effort or endurance'.