herculean

3 definitions found

herculean - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Herculean \Her*cu"le*an\, a. [L. herculeus, fr. Hercules: cf. F.
     hercul['e]en. See Hercules.]
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     1. Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great,
        difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task.
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     2. Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean
        limbs. "Herculean Samson." --Milton.
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herculean - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  herculean
      adj 1: displaying superhuman strength or power; "herculean
             exertions" [syn: herculean, powerful]
      2: extremely difficult; requiring the strength of a Hercules; "a
         herculean task"

herculean - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  91 Moby Thesaurus words for "Herculean":
     Antaean, Atlantean, Briarean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean,
     Gargantuan, Homeric, abstruse, abysmal, arduous, astronomic,
     backbreaking, brutal, burdensome, colossal, complex, critical,
     crushing, delicate, demanding, difficile, difficult, effortful,
     elephantine, enormous, epic, exacting, forced, formidable,
     gargantuan, giant, giantlike, gigantic, grueling, hairy, hard,
     hard-earned, hard-fought, heavy, hefty, heroic, huge, immense,
     infinite, intricate, jawbreaking, jumbo, killing, knotted, knotty,
     labored, laborious, mammoth, mean, mighty, monster, monstrous,
     monumental, mountainous, no picnic, not easy, onerous, operose,
     oppressive, painful, prodigious, profound, punishing, rigorous,
     rough, rugged, set with thorns, severe, spiny, steep, strained,
     strenuous, stupendous, thorny, ticklish, titanic, toilsome, tough,
     towering, tremendous, tricky, troublesome, uphill, vast, wearisome,
     wicked