[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

laborious \labo"rious\, a. l. laboriosus, fr. labor labor:
   cf. f. laborieux.
   1. requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome;
      tiresome.
      1913 webster

            dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil,
            laborious virtues all? learn these from cato.
                                                  --addison.
      1913 webster

   2. devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious
      mechanic.
      1913 webster -- labo"riously, adv. --
      labo"riousness, n.
      1913 webster
see also:
labo"riously labo"riousness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

laborious
     adj : characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion;
           especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way
           up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard
           labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many
           laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
           syn: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling,
            hard, heavy, punishing, toilsome
see also:
arduous backbreaking grueling gruelling hard heavy 
punishing toilsome 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

103 moby thesaurus words for "laborious":
   herculean, abstruse, ardent, arduous, assiduous, backbreaking,
   brutal, burdensome, careful, complex, critical, crushing, delicate,
   demanding, detailed, determined, difficile, difficult, diligent,
   dogged, effortful, energetic, exacting, exhausting, exhaustive,
   fatiguing, fervent, forced, formidable, grueling, hairy, hard,
   hard-earned, hard-fought, hard-working, hardworking, heavy, hefty,
   indefatigable, industrious, intricate, jawbreaking, killing,
   knotted, knotty, labored, mean, never idle, no picnic, not easy,
   obdurate, obstinate, onerous, operose, oppressive, overworked,
   painful, painstaking, persevering, persistent, ponderous,
   punishing, relentless, rigorous, rough, rugged, scrupulous,
   sedulous, set with thorns, severe, sleepless, spiny, steadfast,
   steady, steep, stiff, strained, strenuous, stubborn, taxing,
   thorny, thorough, ticklish, tireless, tiring, toilsome, tough,
   tricky, troublesome, unflagging, unrelenting, unremitting,
   unsleeping, unsparing, untiring, unwavering, unwearied, uphill,
   vehement, wearisome, wearying, wicked, zealous

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