Drudgery

Noun

 * 1) tedious, menial and exhausting work
 * 2) * 1748. David Hume.  Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973.  § 34.
 * we are, perhaps, all the while flattering our natural indolence, which, hating the bustle of the world, and drudgery of business seeks a pretence of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence.

Synonyms

 * tedium
 * See also Thesaurus:wearisome

Derived terms

 * drudgerous

Adjectives for Drudgery
tiresome; deadening; depressing; ceaseless; degrading; low; tedious; mechanical; grievous; unremitting; severest; formal; old-time; unending; initial; youthful; mercenary; pretty.

Verbs for Drudgery
charge—to; condemn—; decline—; detail to—; earn by—; employ for—; expose to—; fade under—; fall into—; flee—; heap— upon; impose—upon; perform—; punish with—; put to—; release from—; relieve—; require—; subject to—; toil in—; — chokes; —wearies; —wears.

Thesaurus
chore, dirty work, donkeywork, employment, fag, fatigue, grind, handiwork, handwork, industry, labor, lick, lick of work, manual labor, moil, plugging, rat race, scut work, slavery, slog, slogging, spadework, stroke, stroke of work, sweat, task, tiresome work, toil, travail, treadmill, work

Translations

 * Czech:, lopota
 * Portuguese: exaustivo e


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian: tlaka, kuluk