drudgery

Meaning

Exhausting, menial, and tedious work.

Synonyms

toil

grind

plodding

hard work

sweat

😓

donkeywork

labour

fag

slavery

labor

schmaltz

showiness

travail

chores

hard work at harvest-time

fagging

glitz

hard labor

housework

laboring

moil

penal servitude

plod

routine

Translations

Plackerei

corvée

Schinderei

Fronarbeit

Fron

αγγαρεία

trabajo pesado

labuta

boulot

ελεεινή εργασία

feina monòtona

Trara

Robot

Schufterei

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɹʌd͡ʒəɹi/

Etymology

From drudge (“person who works in a low servile job”) + -ery (suffix meaning ‘the art, craft, or practice of’ forming nouns).