Thesaurus: strenuous
Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country.
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Definitions
- a. Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country.
- adj. characterized by or performed with much energy or force
- adj. taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance
- Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country. And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes. Chapman. Strenuous, continuous labor is pain. I. Taylor. -- Stren"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Stren"u*ous*ness, n.
- Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold;valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; astrenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country.And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes. Chapman.Strenuous, continuous labor is pain. I. Taylor.-- Stren"u*ous*ly, adv.-- Stren"u*ous*ness, n.
- j:100 s. characterized by or performed with much energy or force