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toilsomeness

toilsomeness

9.9
A situation that needs long, hard work and makes you tired
  • noun
  • /ˈtɔɪl.sə.məs/
: arduosidad
  • The toilsomeness of the journey left the travelers exhausted and sore.

Examples

  • She described the toilsomeness of her daily chores with a weary sigh.

  • The toilsomeness of studying for the final exams was evident as she spent countless hours preparing.

  • Despite the toilsomeness of the task, he persisted until it was complete.

  • The toilsomeness of the project was evident from the start.

  • She admired the toilsomeness required to climb Mount Everest.

  • He spoke about the toilsomeness of farming, emphasizing the hard work it required throughout the seasons.

  • The team's success was a result of the toilsomeness involved in their rigorous training regimen.

Synonyms

strenuousness
vstoilsomeness
1 7.5

A state of needing a lot of physical or mental effort

focuses on long hard effort rather than short intense energy
arduousness
vstoilsomeness
1 8.5

A lot of hard work needed to do a task

is hard and prolonged but less about extreme difficulty
laboriousness
vstoilsomeness
1 7.4

A state of needing a lot of hard work and time

is about long hard effort rather than general difficulty
ruggedness
vstoilsomeness
1 6.8

Being difficult and needing a lot of effort or skill

means hard prolonged effort rather than general difficulty or challenge
operoseness
vstoilsomeness
  • Formal
9.9

A state of needing a lot of hard work

is about prolonged hard effort rather than just notable work
effortfulness
vstoilsomeness
8.1

A state of needing a lot of hard work to do something

emphasizes long hard effort rather than deliberate single effort

Antonyms

ease
238 1.0

A state of comfort and freedom from worry

relaxation
53 1.6

A calm, stress-free state when you rest or enjoy free time

How Hard

exhaustion
76 3.6
toilsomeness
9.9
strain
53 4.3
labor
  • US
426 1.4
effort
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

toilsomeness singular
toilsomenesses plural

Morphology

toilsomeness = toilsome (transparent) = toil + some + ness

Formed by adding the productive noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'toilsome', yielding the quality/state.

Etymology

The word toilsomeness comes from the simple word toil, which means 'hard work' or 'effort', plus the endings -some (as in tiresome) and -ness to make a noun. So, toilsomeness is the 'quality of being full of hard, long work', which is why it means needing long and difficult effort.