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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Laborious \La*bo"ri*ous\, a. [L. laboriosus, fr. labor labor:
     cf. F. laborieux.]
     1. Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome;
        tiresome.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil,
              Laborious virtues all? Learn these from Cato.
                                                    --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious
        mechanic.
        [1913 Webster] -- La*bo"ri*ous*ly, adv. --
        La*bo"ri*ous*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Laborious \La*bo"ri*ous\, a. [L. laboriosus,fr. labor labor: cf.
     F. laborieux.]
     1. Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome;
        tiresome.
  
              Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil,
              Laborious virtues all ? Learn these from Cato.
                                                    --Addison.
  
     2. Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious
        mechanic. -- La*bo"ri*ous*ly, adv. --
        La*bo"ri*ous*ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  laborious
       adj : characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion;
             especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way
             up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard
             labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many
             laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
             [syn: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling,
              hard, heavy, punishing, toilsome]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  laborious
     a.
     1 Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
     2 Mentally difficult; painstaking.
     3 industrious.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  laborious
     a.
     1 Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
     2 Mentally difficult; painstaking.
     3 industrious.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  laborious
     a.
     1 Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
     2 Mentally difficult; painstaking.
     3 industrious.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  laborious
     a.
     1 Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
     2 Mentally difficult; painstaking.
     3 industrious.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  laborious
     Englanti a.
     ankara, hankala, kova, paha, rasittava, raskas, raskassoutuinen,
  tukala, työläs, työteliäs, vaativa, vaikea

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  laborious
     Engelska a.
     mödosam, besvärlig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Laborious /lɐbˈɔːɹiəs/
  مرهق

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  laborious //ləˈbɔːɹiəs// 
  1. мъчен
  mentally difficult
  2. напрегнат, труден
  requiring much physical effort

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  laborious /lɐbˈɔːɹiəs/ 
  pracný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  laborious /lɐbˈɔːɹiəs/
  arbeitsam, fleißig 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  laborious /lɐbˈɔːɹiəs/
  mühsam, anstrengend 
           Note: Arbeit

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  laborious /lɐbˈɔːɹiəs/
  schwerfällig 
           Note: Stil

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  laborious /lɐbˈɔːɹiəs/ 
  aufwendig , arbeitsaufwendig 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  laborious /lɐbˈɔːɹiəs/
  
  πολύμοχθος, κοπιαστικός

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  laborious /lɐbˈɔːɹiəs/ 
  1. कठिन, श्रमसाध्य
        "Construction of building is quite a labourious job."
  2. परिश्रमी
        "She has got a labourious style of dancing."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  laborious /lɐbˈɔːɹiəs/
  marljiv, mučan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  laborious /lɐbˈɔːɹiəs/
  1. nehézkes
  2. fáradságos
  3. nehéz
  4. szorgalmas

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  laborious /ləˈbɔ:rɪəs/ 
    pracochłonny

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  laborious //ləˈbɔːɹiəs// 
  mödosam, tung
  requiring much physical effort

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  laborious /lɐbˈɔːɹiəs/
  1. zahmetli, emekli, yorucu
  2. çalışkan, işgüzar. laboriously  emek vererek
  3. çalışarak.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɫəˈbɔɹiəs/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  103 Moby Thesaurus words for "laborious":
     Herculean, abstruse, ardent, arduous, assiduous, backbreaking,
     brutal, burdensome, careful, complex, critical, crushing, delicate,
     demanding, detailed, determined, difficile, difficult, diligent,
     dogged, effortful, energetic, exacting, exhausting, exhaustive,
     fatiguing, fervent, forced, formidable, grueling, hairy, hard,
     hard-earned, hard-fought, hard-working, hardworking, heavy, hefty,
     indefatigable, industrious, intricate, jawbreaking, killing,
     knotted, knotty, labored, mean, never idle, no picnic, not easy,
     obdurate, obstinate, onerous, operose, oppressive, overworked,
     painful, painstaking, persevering, persistent, ponderous,
     punishing, relentless, rigorous, rough, rugged, scrupulous,
     sedulous, set with thorns, severe, sleepless, spiny, steadfast,
     steady, steep, stiff, strained, strenuous, stubborn, taxing,
     thorny, thorough, ticklish, tireless, tiring, toilsome, tough,
     tricky, troublesome, unflagging, unrelenting, unremitting,
     unsleeping, unsparing, untiring, unwavering, unwearied, uphill,
     vehement, wearisome, wearying, wicked, zealous
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 艰苦的,费劲的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 艰苦的,费劲的,勤劳的

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