drudgery

  • 1Drudgery — Drudg er*y, n. The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil. [1913 Webster] The drudgery of penning definitions. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Paradise was a place of bliss . . . without drudgery and with out sorrow.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2drudgery — index work (effort) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3drudgery — 1540s, from DRUDGE (Cf. drudge) + ERY (Cf. ery) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4drudgery — toil, travail, labor, *work, grind Analogous words: exertion, *effort, pains, trouble …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 5drudgery — [n] hard, tedious work backbreaker*, chore, daily grind*, elbow grease*, grind*, gruntwork*, labor, menial labor, rat race, slavery, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, workout; concept 362 Ant. snap …

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  • 6drudgery — ► NOUN ▪ hard, menial, or dull work …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7drudgery — [druj′ər ē] n. pl. drudgeries [see DRUDGE & ERY] work that is hard, menial, or tiresome …

    English World dictionary

  • 8drudgery — n. sheer drudgery * * * [ drʌdʒərɪ] sheer drudgery …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 9drudgery — [[t]drʌ̱ʤəri[/t]] N UNCOUNT You use drudgery to refer to jobs and tasks which are boring or unpleasant but which must be done. People want to get away from the drudgery of their everyday lives …

    English dictionary

  • 10drudgery — noun tedious, menial and exhausting work we are, perhaps, all the while flattering our natural indolence, which, hating the bustle of the world, and drudgery of business seeks a pretence of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence …

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