drudgery

noun

drudg·ery ˈdrəj-rē

ˈdrə-jə-rē

plural drudgeries

Synonyms of drudgery next

: dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor

the drudgery of his job

Choose the Right Synonym for drudgery

work, labor, travail, toil, drudgery, grind mean activity involving effort or exertion.

work may imply activity of body, of mind, of a machine, or of a natural force.

too tired to do any work

labor applies to physical or intellectual work involving great and often strenuous exertion.

farmers demanding fair compensation for their labor

travail is bookish for labor involving pain or suffering.

years of travail were lost when the house burned

toil implies prolonged and fatiguing labor.

his lot would be years of back-breaking toil

drudgery suggests dull and irksome labor.

an editorial job with a good deal of drudgery

grind implies labor exhausting to mind or body.

the grind of the assembly line

Examples of drudgery in a Sentence

He hated the drudgery of his job. in the “good old days” household servants led lives filled with much drudgery and little pleasure

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That was misery, sorrow, drudgery, give me some other adjectives there. —

Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025 Super Cruise will relieve you of the drudgery of long-distance driving and get you there with a lot less stress. —

Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024 But this wasn’t a life of drudgery; Gussow was at the theater five or six nights a week, often taking his son Ethan with him. —

Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 27 Dec. 2024 Imagine having a personal assistant who never sleeps, or a guru who transforms any drudgery into an easily manageable task within an instant. —

Rachel Wells, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for drudgery