strenuous
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4.9
- adjective
- /ˈstrɛnjuəs/
:
exigente
- I'm tired and it's been quite a strenuous morning for me.
- strenuous effort
- strenuous activity
- strenuous exercise
And that one isn't even the most strenuous test in this room.
- And that one isn't even the most strenuous test in this room.
- So as it all came together and we got to that point, it was a very strenuous time.
- And so you can if you see them philosophy as these set of ideas, well then doing strenuous stuff, hunting, wrestling, fighting, running.
- Don't you wish there was something you could do to extend your life significantly by doing something that's not that strenuous?
- You climb up into the mountains, you make your most strenuous effort.
- So I knew swimming was going to be strenuous on my body, but man was that a good workout.
- I think it was just the strenuous lifting and put him back down.
- Like that like it wasn't strenuous and it wasn't like dangerous.
- What you're saying most strenuous part of most people's youth.
- Sometimes we have one of the most incredibly strenuous and rigorous process processes of bringing the stories to air.
- I was like, fuck, I do this is this is pretty like strenuous on my brain.
- I happened to be in the camp that they at least were so strenuous in.
- Maybe a couple hours out of a year that it was, you know, it was such a strenuous thing to just totally abstract from that.
Examples
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Have you engaged in any strenuous physical activity within the last eight hours?
Fiction book (2001) -
Never in his life had he done anything as strenuous as fighting this monster.
Fiction book (1990) -
That takes effort that after a strenuous hour of focus on something gives you a a beautiful feeling of having done something hard.
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Yes, it must have been quite a strenuous evening.
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So I knew swimming was going to be strenuous on my body, but man was that a good workout.
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Therefore, it is advisable to avoid strenuous exercise within 6 hours of going to bed.
Academic text (1997) -
Getting established would be a long and strenuous period, but exhilarating as well.
Fiction book (1990) -
In the brochure, they call this a strenuous hike for experienced hikers.
Fiction book (1993) -
A strenuous workout, Jordan.
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After a long day of hiking, I felt exhausted from the strenuous climb up the mountain.
Synonyms
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1.1
Needing a lot of effort and often strict or severe
∞
1.6
Not easy to do or understand
∞
2.6
Hard to do or understand and needing a lot of effort
629
3.2
Needing a lot of effort or careful thought
221
2.1
Hard to do or understand
183
4.4
Hard to do and needing a lot of effort
156
4.3
Needing a lot of work, care, or money at the same time
87
4.1
Having a lot of strength and energy
30
7.0
Very hard and tiring, needing a lot of physical effort
29
7.7
Very difficult to do and needing a lot of effort over a long time
14
5.3
Very difficult and needing a lot of strength to keep going
10
6.8
A task or process that needs a lot of time and hard work
5
6.8
Needing a lot of physical or mental effort
1
6.9
Needing a lot of physical or mental work
1
5.0
Needing a lot of effort and making you very tired
Needing a lot of time, effort, or attention
Antonyms
How Strenuous
Surface Forms
Morphology
strenuous = strenu + ous
The visible stem 'strenu-' is not a productive or recognizable English base for learners, so the meaning 'requiring great effort' cannot be derived transparently from the parts; '-ous' only marks an adjective.
Etymology
The word strenuous comes from the old Latin word strenuus, which meant 'active' or 'energetic'. So a strenuous activity is one that needs a lot of energy and effort, like a very 'strong' push or hard work.