Vocabulary
Herculean
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
requiring great strength or effort.
Urdu meaning
صبر آزما، بہت طاقتور
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Major arteries witness hourslong traffic jams, and it becomes a Herculean task for commuters to reach their destinations.
- How then can anyone moping at the steady erosion of democratic institutions in the country not be beholden to the Herculean role Kejriwal played in stopping the Hindutva juggernaut in February 2015?
- Huge financing gaps need to be filled, which seems like a Herculean job but is not impossible.
- In this respect, where there are so many layers of bureaucracy involved, it is indeed a Herculean task to manage a city as geographically vast and densely populated as Karachi.
- To sell a public entity is undoubtedly a Herculean task in the given economic situation.
Synonyms
arduous, gruelling, laborious, back-breaking, onerous, strenuous, difficult, formidable
Curator example
“a Herculean task”
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