Associations to the word «Strenuous»

Wiktionary

STRENUOUS, adjective. Urgent, ardent, zealous.
STRENUOUS, adjective. Requiring great exertion.

Dictionary definition

STRENUOUS, adjective. Characterized by or performed with much energy or force; "strenuous exercise".
STRENUOUS, adjective. Taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance; "his final, straining burst of speed"; "a strenuous task"; "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King