Arduous Crossword Clue
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Arduous crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on March 31 2024 Newsday Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Arduous has a total of 4 letters.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | HARD | Arduous | Newsday |
| 20% | GRIND | Arduous task | Newsday |
| 20% | TREKS | Arduous journeys | New York Times |
| 20% | TREK | Arduous journey | Universal |
Definition
| • | Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. |
| • | Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem. |
| • | Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure. |
| • | Difficult to resist or control; powerful. |
| • | Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms. |
| • | Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character. |
| • | Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style. |
| • | Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider. |
| • | Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; -- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc. |
| • | Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone. |
| • | Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition. |
| • | Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade. |
| • | With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly. |
| • | With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard. |
| • | Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly. |
| • | So as to raise difficulties. |
| • | With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously; energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence, rapidly; as, to run hard. |
| • | Close or near. |
| • | To harden; to make hard. |
| • | A ford or passage across a river or swamp. |
Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:
- Eugene Sheffer: Sep 3, 2024
- Newsday: Mar 31, 2024
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