toilful

adjective

Definition of toilfulnext
as in difficult

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toilful
  1. difficult
  2. formidable
  3. arduous
  4. laborious
  5. tough
  6. strenuous
  7. severe
  8. murderous
Adjective
  • Jarman, who came in as the defending champion on the event, put together a more difficult routine but was nicked by judges for his execution.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • This is the last remaining game on the schedule that should be very difficult.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of difficult
Adjective
  • Wildwood is a dark tale, with whispers of a witch, set against the beautiful yet formidable backdrop of rural New England.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
  • American power was formidable but trust in America was priceless.
    — Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of formidable
Adjective
  • The dancer, choreographer, and recent MacArthur Fellow Shamel Pitts creates worlds of almost painful intimacy, in which arduous encounters leave his dancers raw, vulnerable, exhausted.
    — Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026
  • All of which speaks to why the NFL is understood to be a week-to-week proposition with profiles and resumes built through trials and errors over the course of the arduous season.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of arduous
Adjective
  • The policy update, applicable to all reservations booked on or after November 20, is designed to streamline the Airbnb experience after a slew of customer complaints about unclear house rules and laborious demands by property hosts.
    — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Heffers supplied libraries and established reading clubs, Blackwell’s undertook the difficult and laborious task of sending books to POWs during the Second World War.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of laborious
Adjective
  • Winning means making much tougher decisions about what to put on the floor.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Flournoy made some tough grabs downfield, and Lamb punctuated the night with two touchdown grabs.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of tough
Adjective
  • Even after a strenuous day, Telhou squats by the fire and tries to teach me to make aghroum, a traditional Moroccan flatbread.
    — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2026
  • So for anyone engaged in strenuous and sweaty physical activity, an electrolyte drink would be beneficial in replacing the electrolytes lost in sweat.
    — Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of strenuous
Adjective
  • People across Sudan are not only hungry every single day, but countless people are suffering from severe malnutrition to starvation.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026
  • The layers act as tiny pressure vessels, trapping radioactive fission products even under severe heat.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of severe
Adjective
  • Discordant keys fly like daggers while snares trip over bass thuds; there’s a jazzy piano interlude, and then a murderous hard-rock siege razes the mix to the ground.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Unfortunately for Luca, the camera is inhabited by a demon that forces him to continue a murderous ritual started decades ago by a satanist serial killer (the titular Madison).
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of murderous
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