Vocabulary
Arduous
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.
Urdu meaning
کٹھن، سخت، دشوار، مشکل
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The long and arduous process to address the trust deficit between the contending parties will have to start with equally important but less contentious issues.
- It took the country 25 years of arduous effort to build a strategic capability and even longer to transform that into an operational deterrent with an effective delivery system.
- The UK`s example shows the journey is arduous, but the destination a market-driven power sector is worth it.
- Constrained by financial challenges, the quest of developing countries to reach net-zero will be arduous and contingent on receiving huge investments from their development partners.
- Returning Pakistan to the top of the world game will be an arduous challenge.
Synonyms
onerous, taxing, difficult, hard, heavy, laborious, burdensome, strenuous, vigorous, back-breaking
Antonyms
easy, effortless
Curator example
“an arduous journey”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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