Toilsome — synonyms, definition

1. toilsome (a)

arduous burdensome difficult exhausting fatiguing hard laborious onerous strenuous tiresome tiring wearisome

2. toilsome (Adjective)

backbreaking grueling gruelling heavy operose punishing

toilsome (Adjective) — Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort. ex. "worked their toilsome way up the mining valley"