LABOR-INTENSIVE Synonyms

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

• not easily borne; wearing

• requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill

• not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

• hard to control

• requiring great physical effort

• not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

• dispassionate

• resisting weight or pressure

• produced without vibration of the vocal cords

• (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

• (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum

• with effort or force or vigor

• with firmness

• earnestly or intently

• causing great damage or hardship

• slowly and with difficulty

• indulging excessively

• into a solid condition

• very near or close in space or time

• with pain or distress or bitterness

• to the full extent possible; all the way

• very strong or vigorous

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

• given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

• being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content

• unfortunate or hard to bear

• dried out

• displaying superhuman strength or power

• extremely difficult; requiring the strength of a Hercules

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

• characterized by extreme care and great effort

• characterized by or performed with much energy or force

• taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

• requiring a large expenditure of labor but not much capital