Vocabulary
Strenuous
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
requiring or using great effort or exertion.
Urdu meaning
سخت محنتی، توانا،جفاکش، مستعد
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Ironically the PTI is the most vigorous carrier of the people`s will at this time, evidenced by the strenuous efforts required to keep it at bay.
- News agencies [Meanwhile, according to news agencies in Chicago,] Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan`s strenuous tour of Washington, New York and Chicago has given him better insight into American life but also a set of sore feet.
- While the rest of the world has conquered the disease through years of strenuous immunisation drives, Pakistan along with war-torn Afghanistan where the situation is improving now remains an active breeding ground for the poliovirus.
- This is purely the textile industry making strenuous efforts to find its way back to a subsidised energy regime that they had grown accustomed to from 2018 onwards.
- Despite strenuous efforts by succes-sive governments to halt this, the authorities are now unable to do so.
Synonyms
arduous, difficult, hard, tough, taxing, demanding, exacting, uphill, stiff, formidable,
Antonyms
easy, effortless, half-hearted, feeble
Curator example
“the government made strenuous efforts to upgrade the quality of the teaching profession”
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