choresome

English

Etymology

From chore +‎ -some.

Adjective

choresome (comparative more choresome, superlative most choresome)

1. Characteristic of a chore; marked by drudgery or toil; toilsome; (by extension) difficult; tedious; laborious
   • 2009, David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars:

     'I was getting ready to let five of them west acres go to weeds, you know, they're so choresome to keep the thistle out of.'

   • 2013, B. Dyck, Management and the Gospel:

     Analyzing the Gospel through a first century management lens takes management from the sidelines and puts it smack dab in the middle of the highway. Far from being a secular or nonsacred choresome part of life that has little to do with spiritual or transcendent matters, managing the everyday organizations that produce the goods and services needed by humankind lies near the heart of Godly living.

   • 2014, Alexander Valdez, Our Story Begins, page 86:

     You will find moments of your effort to be choresome, but the feeling shouldn't ever dominate your life.

   • 2017, Anne Burleigh, John Adams, page 165:

     Adams was chairman or president, as they called him, the most choresome duty of his entire four years in Congress.

See also

• worksome