tough job

ADJECTIVE

laborious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arduous backbreaking burdensome onerous strenuous tiresome

WEAK

effortful fatiguing forced heavy herculean labored operose ponderous rough go stiff strained toilsome tough wearing wearisome wicked

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy facile

WEAK

effortless idle lackadaisical lazy reticent simple trivial

Example Sentences

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It is a tough job market for young college graduates.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The Pakistani intermediaries who will be shuttling between the two delegations have a tough job on their hands.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

"They've got a tough job to do, to make calls in real time, and they're as scrutinized as the quarterbacks and kickers are," he told the Pat McAfee Show.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

Josh D’Amaro has a tough job ahead of him.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

I’d done the tough job that I needed to do, and Dad had responded the way I’d hoped.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

tough job

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