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operose

operose

9.9
Needing a lot of hard work and careful attention
  • adjective
  • /ˈɒpəˌroʊs/
  • Formal
translation icon : arduo
  • The mountain was conquered only after months of operose effort by the team.

Examples

  • The research required operose attention to detail and thorough documentation.

  • He found the restoration work operose, but ultimately very rewarding.

  • The project was operose and took several months to complete.

  • Writing a book can be quite operose!

  • Preparing for the marathon was an operose task that required daily training and discipline.

  • The artist undertook an operose project, spending countless hours perfecting each detail of her sculpture.

  • After reviewing the operose report, the team decided to simplify their approach to make it more manageable.

Synonyms

hard
vsoperose
∞ 1.1

Needing a lot of effort and often strict or severe

is similar but emphasizes painstaking care rather than general difficulty
heavy
vsoperose
221 2.1

Hard to do or understand

focuses more on careful, laborious process than mere intensity
grueling
vsoperose
30 7.0

Very hard and tiring, needing a lot of physical effort

implies great effort but less emphasis on extreme exhaustion
arduous
vsoperose
29 7.7

Very difficult to do and needing a lot of effort over a long time

focuses on great effort and careful, painstaking work rather than only duration
labor-intensive
vsoperose
  • Specialized
15 5.3

Needing a lot of work by people rather than machines

is about great effort in general, not only manual or labour heavy work
laborious
vsoperose
10 6.8

A task or process that needs a lot of time and hard work

stresses effort and careful attention rather than tedium or slowness
backbreaking
vsoperose
1 5.8

Very hard physical work that makes your body tired

covers strenuous effort but is not limited to physical strain
toilsome
vsoperose
1 8.9

Needing a lot of hard work and making you tired

covers demanding work but with more emphasis on painstaking detail
punishing
vsoperose
6.5

Hard to do and leaves you very tired

means arduous work but not necessarily causing severe hardship

Antonyms

simple
∞ 1.0

Easy to understand or do

effortless
26 2.6

Done easily and smoothly without hard work

How Laborious

grueling
30 7.0
arduous
29 7.7
operose
  • Formal
9.9
laborious
10 6.8
difficult
∞ 1.6

Surface Forms

operose positive
operoser comparative
operosest superlative

Etymology

Operose comes from the Latin root oper-, which means 'work', and is the same root you find in operate and operation. So operose describes something that takes a lot of careful work or effort.