All effortful synonyms

adjective effortful

• burdensome — If you describe something as burdensome, you mean it is worrying or hard to deal with.
• arduous — Something that is arduous is difficult and tiring, and involves a lot of effort.
• backbreaking — demanding great effort; exhausting
• demanding — A demanding job or task requires a lot of your time, energy, or attention.
• difficult — not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
• hard — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
• heavy — of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
• laboured — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
• labored — of or relating to workers, their associations, or working conditions: labor reforms.
• laborious — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
• onerous — burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: onerous duties.
• oppressive — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
• rigorous — characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline: rigorous laws.
• rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
• severe — harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.
• strained — affected or produced by effort; not natural or spontaneous; forced: strained hospitality.
• strenuous — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
• taxing — wearingly burdensome: the day-to-day, taxing duties of a supervisor.
• tough — strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
• trying — extremely annoying, difficult, or the like; straining one's patience and goodwill to the limit: a trying day; a trying experience.