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English

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-strenuous.ogg


Adjective

  1. Urgent, ardent, zealous.
  2. Requiring great exertion.
  3. * 1961: J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato. In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 467.
  4. *: We can achieve this god‐likeness only by unremitting and strenuous effort of the intellect.


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Synonyms


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Strenuous \Stren"u*ous\, a. [L. strenuus; cf. Gr. ? strong,
hard, rough, harsh.]
Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold;
valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national
rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his
country.
[1913 Webster]

And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes.
--Chapman.
[1913 Webster]

Strenuous, continuous labor is pain. --I. Taylor.
[1913 Webster] -- Stren"u*ous*ly, adv. --
Stren"u*ous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet strenuous
adj 1: characterized by or performed with much energy or force;
"strenuous exercise"
2: taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance; "his
final, straining burst of speed"; "a strenuous task";
"your willingness after these six arduous days to remain
here"- F.D.Roosevelt [syn: arduous, straining]
Moby Dictionary
Herculean , active , arduous , breathless , burdensome , demanding ,
determined , difficult , dogged , dynamic , eager , earnest , effortful ,
energetic , enthusiastic , exhausting , hard , indefatigable , intense ,
laborious , lusty , mean , operose , persistent , pertinacious ,
red-blooded , resolute , sincere , taxing , tenacious , tireless ,
tiring , toilsome , tough , uphill , vigorous , vital , wicked ,
zealous


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