Strenuous Synonyms, Strenuous Antonyms

strenuous "characterized by great effort," 1599, from L. strenuus "active, vigorous, keen." Probably cognate with Gk. strenes, strenos "keen, strong," strenos "arrogance, eager desire," O.E. stierne "hard, severe, keen" (see stern (adj.)). Mocked by Ben Jonson as a pedantic neologism in "Poetaster" (1601). Sense of "requiring much energy" is first recorded 1671.

Example Sentences for strenuous

Some say, idly, that religion is losing her hold in these strenuous days.

Yours must be the spirit of the times, strenuous, complex, democratic.

This became too strenuous for him, however, and the line was jerked out of his hands.

I had never dreamed before how strenuous men's lives could be.