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drudging

drudging

8.2
Doing boring, hard work that needs a lot of effort
  • adjective
  • /ˈdrʌdʒɪŋ/
translation icon : tedioso
  • He felt exhausted from the drudging routine of repetitive tasks at his job.

Examples

  • After a long week of drudging work at the factory, she looked forward to the weekend.

  • Every conceivable filthy and drudging task.

    The Rains Came (1939)

  • The team spent hours on drudging chores that felt endless and unfulfilling.

Synonyms

laboring
vsdrudging
  • US
3.3

Doing hard physical work

focuses more on dull tedious nature than just physical effort
to toiling
vsdrudging
6.1

To work very hard doing physical or unpleasant jobs for a long time

is used for dull or tedious work rather than extreme exertion

Antonyms

leisure
100 1.3

Time not spent working when you can relax or do things you enjoy

relaxation
54 1.6

A calm, stress-free state when you rest or enjoy free time

How Hard

drudging
8.2
laboring
  • US
3.3
working
1.0

Surface Forms

drudging positive

Morphology

drudging = drudge (transparent) = drudge + ing

The word 'drudging' is transparently derived from the verb 'drudge' with the addition of the suffix '-ing' to form an adjective.

Etymology

Drudging comes from the old word drudge, which named a person who did 'hard, boring work'. Imagine someone moving slowly as if pushing through mud, and that image explains why 'drudging' means dull, tiring, physical work.