'operose' definitions:
Definition of 'operose'
From: WordNet
adjective
Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace" [syn: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome]
Synonyms of 'operose'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstruse,
- arduous,
- assiduous,
- backbreaking,
- brutal,
- burdensome,
- complex,
- critical,
- crushing,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- difficile,
- difficult,
- diligent,
- effortful,
- elaborate,
- exacting,
- forced,
- formidable,
- grueling,
- hairy,
- hard,
- hard-earned,
- hard-fought,
- heavy,
- hefty,
- Herculean,
- industrious,
- intricate,
- jawbreaking,
- killing,
- knotted,
- knotty,
- labored,
- laborious,
- mean,
- no picnic,
- not easy,
- onerous,
- oppressive,
- painful,
- painstaking,
- punishing,
- rigorous,
- rough,
- rugged,
- sedulous,
- set with thorns,
- severe,
- spiny,
- steep,
- strained,
- strenuous,
- thorny,
- thorough,
- thoroughgoing,
- ticklish,
- toilsome,
- tough,
- tricky,
- troublesome,
- uphill,
- wearisome,
- wicked