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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
strenuous
    adj 1: characterized by or performed with much energy or force;
           "strenuous exercise"
    2: taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance; "his
       final, straining burst of speed"; "a strenuous task"; "your
       willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"-
       F.D.Roosevelt [syn: arduous, straining, strenuous]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Strenuous \Stren"u*ous\, a. [L. strenuus; cf. Gr. ? strong,
   hard, rough, harsh.]
   Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold;
   valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national
   rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his
   country.
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         And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes.
                                                  --Chapman.
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         Strenuous, continuous labor is pain.     --I. Taylor.
   [1913 Webster] -- Stren"u*ous*ly, adv. --
   Stren"u*ous*ness, n.
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Thesaurus Results for strenuous:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Herculean, active, arduous, breathless, burdensome, demanding, determined, difficult, dogged, dynamic, eager, earnest, effortful, energetic, enthusiastic, exhausting, hard, indefatigable, intense, laborious, lusty, mean, operose, persistent, pertinacious, red-blooded, resolute, sincere, taxing, tenacious, tireless, tiring, toilsome, tough, uphill, vigorous, vital, wicked, zealous
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