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Drudgery

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Tedious, menial, or unpleasant work. See Synonyms at work.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. tedious, menial and exhausting work

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The labor of a drudge; ignoble, spiritless toil; hard work in servile or mechanical occupations.

n. Synonyms Labor, Toil, etc. See work, n.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. hard monotonous routine work

Word Usage

"Having enough to live on, he has not been forced to work for bread; he has declined to subject himself to what he calls the drudgery of the profession, by which, I believe, he means the general work of a practising surgeon; and has found other employment."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

labor toil labour

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

toll works fag grind hackwork journeywork slavery wearisome tedium

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

toil monotony chore boredom servitude employments hardship torment discomfort labors