no picnic

ADJECTIVE

arduous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

backbreaking burdensome exhausting formidable grueling laborious onerous painful rigorous strenuous tiring tough troublesome trying uphill

WEAK

fatiguing harsh heavy labored murder punishing rough severe taxing toilsome

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy effortless facile helpful mild nice pleasant trivial weak

WEAK

motivating

ADJECTIVE

difficult

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ambitious arduous burdensome challenging crucial demanding laborious onerous painful problematic severe strenuous tough troublesome

WEAK

backbreaker bothersome difficile easier said than done effortful exacting formidable galling gargantuan hard-won heavy herculean immense intricate irritating labored not easy operose problem prohibitive rigid stiff titanic toilsome trying unyielding uphill upstream wearisome

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy effortless facile helpful nice trivial

WEAK

calm free friendly manageable plain simple sociable straightforward uncomplicated

ADJECTIVE

rugged

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arduous rough strenuous tough

WEAK

demanding exacting formidable hairy hard harsh heavy heavy sledding knotty laborious large order mean murder operose stern taxing trying uncompromising uphill

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy facile nice

WEAK

calm courteous even flat gentle level mild moderate refined small smooth sophisticated tiny weak

Example Sentences

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Small-caps are no picnic either, with more than 40% of companies in the Russell 2000 being unprofitable, including lots of biotechs that require expertise to vet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Enough about the savory options, because no picnic is complete without its sweet fixings — and no summer picnic is complete without a cold treat to help battle the heat.

From Salon • Jul. 30, 2025

Invading south Lebanon, however well reasoned or cleverly planned, is no picnic.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2024

“The Warren court was no picnic for the justices. … They were unpopular basically from start to finish from ’53 to ’69,” Kavanaugh said.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024

This has led to a great deal of observation and research on my part, but for him it is no picnic.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

no picnic

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