15
toilsome(adjective, hard, great, tough, difficult)
13
arduous(adjective, hard, great, tough, easy)
13
laborious(adjective, hard, great, tough, easy)
13
tough(adjective, great, easy, severe, rough)
12
hard(adjective, great, tough, easy, severe)
11
difficult(adjective, hard, great, tough, easy)
10
rising(adjective, climbing, ascending)
10
strenuous(adjective, hard, great, tough, severe)
9
onerous(adjective, great, tough, severe, difficult)
8
formidable(adjective, tough, severe, rough, difficult)
8
mounting(noun, adjective, rising, climbing, ascending)
8
stiff(adjective, tough, severe, difficult, grim)
8
troublesome(adjective, tough, severe, difficult, awkward)
8
up(adjective, adverb, preposition, earth, rising)
8
wearisome(adjective, tough, severe, difficult, awkward)
7
climbing(adjective, ascending)
7
rugged(adjective, hard, severe, rough, difficult)
7
upward(adverb, ascending)
6
acclivitous
6
burdensome(adjective, tough, severe, difficult, awkward)
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