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Synonyms for operose

  • adjective

Most common

difficult burdensome laborious toilsome

All synonyms

Adjective

hard, burdensome, laborious, toilsome, difficult, heavy, back-breaking, punishing, arduous, grueling, onerous, industrious, herculean, wearisome, gruelling, troublesome, effortful

Related words

Word family
operoseness operosity

Example sentences

  • difficult Explain to him the difficult situation you are in.
  • burdensome I appreciated her kindness, while I feel it burdensome.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
operosefalling
difficultsteady
burdensomesteady
laboriousfalling
toilsomesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
hard1
5 letters
heavy2
7 letters
arduous3, onerous3
8 letters
grueling3, toilsome
9 letters
difficult3, punishing3, laborious4, herculean4, gruelling, wearisome3, effortful
10 letters
burdensome3
11 letters
troublesome3, industrious4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (heavy2 = 2 syllables).