Synonyms for toilful
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : toil-fuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɔɪl fəl |
Top 10 synonyms for toilful Other synonyms for the word toilful
- backbreaking
- bothersome
- burdensome
- difficile
- distressing
- effortful
- energy-consuming
- exacting
- fatiguing
- formidable
- grinding
- hairy
- hard
- herculean
- intricate
- involved
- irksome
- knotty
- labored
- mean
- merciless
- murder
- onerous
- operose
- rigorous
- rugged
- scabrous
- severe
- slavish
- sticky
- strenuous
- tiring
- toilful
- toilsome
- tough
- tough going
- troublesome
- unsparing
- uphill
- uphill battle
- wearing
- wearisome
- wearying
- wicked
Définition of toilful
- As in strenuous : adj difficult; requiring hard work
- As in hard : adj difficult, exhausting
- They were slow, but we could trace their toilful progress up the lower valleys.
- Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
- In vain they sought them through the toilful path and beneath the burning sun; the kine were nowhere to be found.
- Extract from : « The Valleys of Tirol » by R. H. Busk
- During their slow, toilful walks she appeared to be dragging with her for a penance the burden of that infirm bulk.
- Extract from : « To-morrow » by Joseph Conrad
- Sighing and groaning, as if with great reluctance, the tugboat began again its toilful course up the stream.
- Extract from : « The Quest » by Frederik van Eeden
- Again and again, with toilful searching, I recalled that apparition.
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Thus doth benignant Heaven lighten the heavy pressure of toilful industry!
- Extract from : « Translations of German Poetry in American Magazines 1741-1810 » by Edward Ziegler Davis
- These were our farewells to each other in this world, a fitting finish to the tragedies of our toilful and thankless lives.
- Extract from : « The Trail of the Tramp » by A-No. 1 (AKA Leon Ray Livingston)
- In the side caon down which we worked our sublime and toilful way it was easy to see the work done.
- Extract from : « Among the Forces » by Henry White Warren
- But the rough hands clearly showed that the slumberer had led a hard and toilful life.
- Extract from : « The Forest Farm » by Peter Rosegger
- And yet it all depends on the toilful conquest of a subtle and intricate art.
- Extract from : « Edison, His Life and Inventions » by Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
Antonyms for toilful
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