'Drudgery' definitions:

Definition of 'drudgery'

(from WordNet)
noun
Hard monotonous routine work [syn: drudgery, plodding, grind, donkeywork]

Definition of 'Drudgery'

From: GCIDE
  • Drudgery \Drudg"er*y\ (dr[u^]j"[~e]r*[y^]), n. The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil. [1913 Webster]
  • The drudgery of penning definitions. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • Paradise was a place of bliss . . . without drudgery and with out sorrow. --Locke.
  • Syn: See Toll. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'drudgery'

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