adjective
- requiring hard work; laborious and tiring
Usage: formal
Examples
- The toilsome journey through the mountains took three days.
- After years of toilsome labor, he finally saved enough money.
- Building the stone wall was toilsome work in the summer heat.
- She found the toilsome task of copying manuscripts rewarding.
- The toilsome climb to the summit tested their endurance.
- His toilsome efforts to learn the language paid off.