drudging

Thân thiện

A farmer is drudging in the field under the hot sun.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Doing arduous or unpleasant work: The word "drudging" describes someone who is engaged in hard, menial, or tedious labor, often implying a lack of enjoyment or fulfillment in the work.

Usage

• "Drudging" is used attributively to describe a person, group, or the nature of their work. It emphasizes the toilsome and wearisome quality of the labor.
• It is a formal or literary adjective, often found in descriptive writing.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• "Drudgingly" (adverb): In a manner involving hard, tedious work.
  • He drudgingly completed the pile of paperwork.

Variants and Related Words

• Drudge (noun): A person who does tedious, menial, or hard work.
  • He was treated as a mere drudge in the office.
• Drudge (verb): To do hard, menial, or tedious work.
  • She had to drudge through the tax forms all weekend.
• Drudgery (noun): Hard, menial, or dull work.
  • The job involved endless drudgery.

Synonyms

• Toiling: Working extremely hard or incessantly.
• Laboring: Engaged in hard physical work.
• Grinding: Demanding and monotonous labor.

Antonyms

• Leisurely: Acting or done at leisure; unhurried or relaxed.
• Idle: Avoiding work; lazy.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. doing arduous or unpleasant work
   • drudging peasants
   • the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton
   • toiling coal miners in the black deeps

Từ đồng nghĩa

• laboring
• labouring
• toiling