What does toilsome mean?
Toilsome means Requiring continuous physical effort; laborious..
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/ˈtɔɪlsəm/ · adjective
Requiring continuous physical effort; laborious..
‘And you, Sir knight,’ / (Said she) ‘that taken have this toylesome paine / For wretched woman […]!’
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.
Use toilsome when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Toilsome means Requiring continuous physical effort; laborious..
Common synonyms include arduous, heavy, hard, grueling.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
‘And you, Sir knight,’ / (Said she) ‘that taken have this toylesome paine / For wretched woman […]!’
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