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   strenuous

   /ˈstrɛnjʊəs/

   adjective

   • 1. requiring or using great effort or exertion: "the government made strenuous efforts to upgrade the quality of the teaching profession" Similar arduousdifficulthardtoughtaxingdemandingexactinguphillstiffformidableheavyexhaustingtiringfatiguinggruellingback-breakingmurderouspunishinginformal:no picnickillingknackeringarchaic:toilsomevigorousenergeticactiveenthusiastickeenzealousforcefulstrongHerculeanspiriteddynamicintensedeterminedresolutetenacioustirelessstoutindefatigableunremittingdoggedpertinaciousOpposite easyeffortlesshalf-heartedfeeble

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin strenuus ‘brisk’ + -ous.

   Derivatives

   • 1. strenuousness noun

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