DRUDGERY Synonyms

• an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

• the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground

• hard monotonous routine work

• the act of grinding to a powder or dust

• press or grind with a crushing noise

• make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together

• work hard

• dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced

• reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

• created by grinding

• shape or form by grinding

• productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

• work hard

• one who works hard at boring tasks

• a laborer who is obliged to do menial work

• work hard

• a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

• a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries

• productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

• the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913

• concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

• an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement

• any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

• strive and make an effort to reach a goal

• work hard

• undergo the efforts of childbirth

• the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety

• constancy of tone or pitch or inflection

• work doggedly or persistently

• walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

• strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat

• the feeling of being bored by something tedious

• dullness owing to length or slowness

• concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

• use of physical or mental energy; hard work

• work hard

• unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes

• a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do

• hard monotonous routine work

• temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work

• used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress

• (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something

• labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on)

• lose interest or become bored with something or somebody

• exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

• hard monotonous routine work

• the act of walking with a slow heavy gait

• (of movement) slow and laborious