Synonyms for operose
ˈɒp əˌroʊsoper·ose

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1. operose

   Synonyms:
   onerous, laborious, burdensome, tedious, wearisome, toilsome

   Antonyms:
   light, unburdensome, stimulating, refreshing

Princeton's WordNet

1. arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsomeadjective

   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"

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1. operoseadjective

   Synonyms:
   laborious, toilsome, hard, onerous, burdensome, difficult, tedious, wearisome, IRKSOME

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