toilsome
/ˈtɔɪlsəm/
toilsome adjective: requiring continuous physical effort; laborious.
Adjective
toilsome (comparative more toilsome, superlative most toilsome)
- Requiring continuous physical effort; laborious.
- ‘And you, Sir knight,’ / (Said she) ‘that taken have this toylesome paine / For wretched woman […]!’1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- The whole of the interior of South Africa is, of course, one vast plateau at a considerable elevation, and all the main lines coming up from the coast have some toilsome climbing.1940 July, “Notes and News: Timetables in South Africa”, in Railway Magazine, page 422
toilsome meaning in Urdu and Bengali
toilsome in Urdu
- toilsome
- کٹھن kaṭhin
toilsome in Bengali
- পরিশ্রমসাধ্য
Forms of toilsome
| comparative | more toilsome |
|---|---|
| superlative | most toilsome |
| alternative form (obsolete) | toylesome |
Origin of toilsome
From toil + -some.
Words formed from toilsome
Questions about toilsome
- What does toilsome mean?
- Toilsome means requiring continuous physical effort; laborious.
- What is toilsome in Urdu?
- Toilsome in Urdu is کٹھن (kaṭhin). See Toilsome meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is toilsome?
- Toilsome is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce toilsome?
- Toilsome is pronounced /ˈtɔɪlsəm/ (UK).
Words near toilsome in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: toilsome (page history and authors); کٹھن (Urdu) (page history and authors); toilsome (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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