effortful C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈɛfərtfəl/ UK /ˈɛfətfʊl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj requiring or showing great effort or exertion His effortful smile betrayed how exhausted he truly was. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · requiring or showing great... laboriousstrenuousarduouspainstakingdemandingexerting ↔ Opposites effortlesseasyfacile Word family Derived forms effortfullyeffortfulness Related forms efforteffortless Etymology AI details From effort (from Old French esfort, from esforcier 'to force', from Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, from Latin ex- + fortis 'strong') + -ful. esfort Old French fortis Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # effortful **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈɛfərtfəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɛfətfʊl/ ## Meanings 1. requiring or showing great effort or exertion ## Examples - His effortful smile betrayed how exhausted he truly was. ## Synonyms - laborious - strenuous - arduous - painstaking - demanding - exerting ## Antonyms - effortless - easy - facile ## Derived Forms - effortfully - effortfulness ## Related Forms - effort - effortless ## Roots and Affixes - Root: esfort - Root: fortis ## Etymology From effort (from Old French esfort, from esforcier 'to force', from Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, from Latin ex- + fortis 'strong') + -ful. ## AI Etymology Effortful comes from effort (from Old French esfort, from esforcier 'to force', from Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, from Latin ex- + fortis 'strong') + -ful. The etymological trail includes Old French esfort and Latin fortis. As an adjective, effortful describes what is requiring or showing great effort or exertion. The same family is visible in derived forms such as effortfully and effortfulness and related forms such as effort and effortless. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown