hard work
noun
Roget 686:
exertion,
effort,
strain,
tug,
pull,
stress,
throw,
stretch,
struggle,
spell,
spurt,
spirt†;
stroke of work,
stitch of work.
a strong pull a long pull and a pull all a strong pull a long pull and a pull all together;"
dead lift;
heft;
gymnastics;
exercise,
exercitation†;
wear and tear;
ado;
toil and trouble;
uphill work,
hard work,
warm work;
harvest time.
labor,
work,
toil,
travail,
manual labor,
sweat of one's brow,
swink†,
drudgery,
slavery,
fagging†,
hammering;
limae labor [Lat.];
industry,
industriousness,
operoseness†,
operosity†.
trouble,
pains,
duty;
resolution
etc.
604;
energy
etc.
(physical)
171.
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Roget 704:
difficulty;
hardness
etc.
adj.;
impracticability
etc.
(impossibility)
471;
tough work,
hard work,
uphill work;
hard task,
Herculean task,
Augean task†;
task of Sisyphus,
Sisyphean labor,
tough job,
teaser,
rasper†,
dead lift.
dilemma,
embarrassment;
deadlock;
perplexity
etc.
(uncertainty)
475;
intricacy;
entanglement,
complexity
etc.
59;
cross fire;
awkwardness,
delicacy,
ticklish card to play,
knot,
Gordian knot,
dignus vindice nodus [Lat.],
net,
meshes,
maze;
coil
etc.
(convolution)
248;
crooked path;
involvement.
nice point,
delicate point,
subtle point,
knotty point;
vexed question,
vexata quaestio [Lat.],
poser;
puzzle
etc.
(riddle)
533;
paradox;
hard nut to crack,
nut to crack;
bone to pick,
crux,
pons asinorum [Lat.],
where the shoe pinches.
nonplus,
quandary,
strait,
pass,
pinch,
pretty pass,
stress,
brunt;
critical situation,
crisis;
trial,
rub,
emergency,
exigency,
scramble.
scrape,
hobble,
slough,
quagmire,
hot water,
hornet's nest;
sea of troubles,
peck of troubles;
pretty kettle of fish;
pickle,
stew,
imbroglio,
mess,
ado;
false position.
set fast,
stand,
standstill;
deadlock,
dead set.
fix,
horns of a dilemma,
cul de sac [Fr.];
hitch;
stumbling block
etc.
(hindrance)
706.
[difficult person]
crab;
curmudgeon.
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