drudgery
- menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
Origin of drudgery
Synonyms for drudgery
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chore, travail, workout, slavery, labor, sweat, toil, grind, struggle, backbreakerExamples from the Web for drudgery
Contemporary Examples of drudgery
We coo over how cute our cat is and minimize the drudgery of cleaning the litter box.
That is said with zero disrespect for the hard work, and often drudgery, that those jobs entail.
For many Afghan women, a life of violence, drudgery and ill health is the best they can expect.
On Monday she was scheduled for a full day of press to promote the series, drudgery under the best of circumstances.
And then there are folks like Wesselman-Pierce who just want a break from the drudgery of real life.
Historical Examples of drudgery
Money was needful to extricate him from this drudgery and let him follow up his aspirations.
Heroes of the TelegraphJ. Munro
Why is it that the others have all the fun and I all the drudgery?
The Fortune HunterLouis Joseph Vance
To this drudgery of his art he served a long apprenticeship; but it did him good.
Self-HelpSamuel Smiles
He did the cooking for the other men in the fort, the dish-washing and the drudgery.
White FangJack London
I broke lose for one day from routine, from drudgery and harness.
The First ViolinJessie Fothergill
drudgery
- hard, menial, and monotonous work