Arduous and Cruel

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Arduous

Arduous adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Usage example: climbing Mount Everest is an arduous, exhausting challenge
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Cruel and arduous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Cruel" instead an adjective "Arduous".
Nearby Word: arduously

Cruel

Cruel adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.
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Arduous and cruel are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Arduous" instead an adjective "Cruel".
Nearby Words: cruelty, cruelly

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  • Literature / Provost's Dog After a long and arduous battle in the cold and rain, Beka can't make herself kill him and ties him up for proper capture instead, even while thinking this is a Cruel Mercy.
    Source: Literature / Provost's Dog
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