Travails

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  • n. Plural form of travail.
  • v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of travail.
    • Word Usage
    "The right-wing policy intellectual Abigail Thernstrom, watching the speech while waiting to say a fond farewell to Bush at Andrews Air Force Base, thought it a good sign that Obama recalled the travails of European immigrants but made no mention of the forced immigration of slaves; I disagree."
    Verb Form
    travailed    travailing    travails   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    work    do work   
    Variant
    travois   
    Form
    travailed    travailing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    parturition    labor    toil    harass    tire    childbirth   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bayle    Braille    Dail    Dale    Gael    Gail    Galle    Gayle    Hale    Jarrell   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    toil    torment    vexation    anguish    privation    turmoil    strive    drudgery    peuple    affliction   
     
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