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41Thomas M'Crie the Elder — For his eldest son, of the same name, see Thomas M Crie the Younger.Thomas M Crie (November, 1772 August 5, 1835) was a Scottish historian, writer, and preacher born in the town of Dunse, Berwickshire in November 1772. He was the eldest of a… …
42onerous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. difficult, troublesome, burdensome, wearing, oppressive. See difficulty.Ant., light, easy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. oppressive, burdensome, heavy, serious, exacting, demanding, galling,… …
43Bas de Gaay Fortman — Bastiaan (Bas) de Gaay Fortman (born November 6 1937, the Hague) is a Dutch politician and scholar. He has been a member of both the lower and the upper house of parliament for the PPR and GroenLinks parties. He currently holds the world s only… …
44arduous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. onerous, wearisome. See difficulty, weariness. Ant., easy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. difficult, severe, strenuous, laborious; see difficult 1 . See Synonym Study at difficult . III (Roget s 3… …
45hard — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. firm, rigid (see hardness); unsympathetic, unloving, unfriendly, callous; strenuous, difficult, puzzling; severe, serious, short, intensive. See insensibility. Ant., soft. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …
46tough — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. strong, firm; stiff, resilient; vigorous, robust, hardy; stubborn, intractable; violent, severe; unyielding, hardened, incorrigible; informal, vicious, rowdy, unruly, difficult, troublesome. See… …
47uphill — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ascending, rising; precipitous; laborious; difficult, strenuous. See exertion, obliquity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Rising] Syn. up, upward, toward the summit, toward the crest, skyward, ascending …
48grueling — 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 …
49operose — 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 …
50punishing — adjective 1. resulting in punishment the king imposed a punishing tax • Participle of verb: ↑punish 2. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort worked their arduous way up the mining valley a grueling… …
