moil

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verb

ˈmȯi(-ə)l

moiled; moiling; moils

transitive verb

chiefly dialectal : to make wet or dirty

intransitive verb

: to work hard : drudge

: to be in continuous agitation : churn, swirl

moiler noun

moil

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noun

: hard work : drudgery

: confusion, turmoil

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Moil may mean "to work hard" but its origins are the opposite of hard; it ultimately derives from Latin mollis, meaning "soft." (Other English derivatives of mollis are emollient, mollify, and mollusk.) A more immediate ancestor of moil is the Anglo-French verb moiller, meaning "to make wet, dampen," and one of the early meanings of moil in English was "to become wet and muddy." The "work hard" sense of moil appears most frequently in the pairing "toil and moil." Both moil and toil can also be nouns meaning "work." Moil implies work that is drudgery and toil suggests prolonged and fatiguing labor.

Synonyms

Verb

bang away
beaver (away)
dig (away)
drudge
endeavor
fag
grub
hump
hustle
labor
peg (away)
plod
plow
plug
slave
slog
strain
strive
struggle
sweat
toil
travail
tug
work

Noun

ado
alarums and excursions
ballyhoo
blather
bluster
bobbery
bother
bustle
clatter
clutter [chiefly dialect]
coil
commotion
corroboree [Australian]
disturbance
do [chiefly dialect]
foofaraw
fun
furor
furore
fuss
helter-skelter
hoo-ha
hoo-hah
hoopla
hubble-bubble
hubbub
hullabaloo
hurly
hurly-burly
hurricane
hurry
hurry-scurry
hurry-skurry
kerfuffle [chiefly British]
pandemonium
pother
row
ruckus
ruction
rumpus
shindy
splore [Scottish]
squall
stew
stir
storm
to-do
tumult
turmoil
uproar
welter
whirl
williwaw
zoo

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Example Sentences

Verb miners moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth the angry mob moiled around the courthouse Noun went for a retreat at the monastery for a temporary respite from the moil of the modern world fed up with the moil and moneygrubbing of Wall Street, he decided to open a bed-and-breakfast in Vermont

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Noun

The delight of online life gave way to its moil, and the pleasure of online services has been eroded by their many downsides, from compulsion to autocracy.

Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2020 During the Cold War, hot tensions became hopeless moils, conducted for political benefit as much as (and, over time, more than) moral right.

Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2020

moiled

verb

past tense of moil

as in struggled

to devote serious and sustained effort miners moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth

Synonyms & Similar Words

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struggled
labored
worked
banged away
wrought
tried
sweat blood
drudged
sweated blood
tugged
hustled
humped
dug (away)
grubbed
sweat
travailed
toiled
plowed
dug in
pitched in
plugged
pegged (away)
sweated
knuckled down
endeavored
slaved
fagged
strained
strived
plodded
slogged
strove
attacked
beavered (away)
buckled (down)
eked out
scratched
put out
exercised
exerted
overexerted
overworked
drove
hammered (away)
applied (oneself)
essayed
trudged
waded
scrabbled
ground (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

eased (up)
let up
hung (around or out)
broke
slackened
hanged (around or out)
goofed (off)
slacked (off)
chilled
bummed
hacked (around)
idled
lazed
relaxed
rested
shirked
footled
lounged
goldbricked
dallied
loafed
dillydallied
basked
unwound
played
hung
vegged out
hung about
goofed (around)
reposed
fooled around
hanged
lolled
dabbled
puttered (around)
trifled
pottered (around)
messed around
doodled
fribbled
monkeyed (around)

as in swirled

to be in a state of violent rolling motion the angry mob moiled around the courthouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

swirled
spun
whirled
seethed
churned
boiled
agitated
roiled
reeled
stirred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

subsided
calmed
abated

单词	moiled
释义	moil 1 of 2 verb ˈmȯi(-ə)l moiled; moiling; moils transitive verb chiefly dialectal : to make wet or dirty intransitive verb 1 : to work hard : drudge 2 : to be in continuous agitation : churn, swirl moiler noun moil 2 of 2 noun 1 : hard work : drudgery 2 : confusion, turmoil Did you know? Moil may mean "to work hard" but its origins are the opposite of hard; it ultimately derives from Latin mollis, meaning "soft." (Other English derivatives of mollis are emollient, mollify, and mollusk.) A more immediate ancestor of moil is the Anglo-French verb moiller, meaning "to make wet, dampen," and one of the early meanings of moil in English was "to become wet and muddy." The "work hard" sense of moil appears most frequently in the pairing "toil and moil." Both moil and toil can also be nouns meaning "work." Moil implies work that is drudgery and toil suggests prolonged and fatiguing labor. Synonyms Verb bang away beaver (away) dig (away) drudge endeavor fag grub hump hustle labor peg (away) plod plow plug slave slog strain strive struggle sweat toil travail tug work Noun ado alarums and excursions ballyhoo blather bluster bobbery bother bustle clatter clutter [chiefly dialect] coil commotion corroboree [Australian] disturbance do [chiefly dialect] foofaraw fun furor furore fuss helter-skelter hoo-ha hoo-hah hoopla hubble-bubble hubbub hullabaloo hurly hurly-burly hurricane hurry hurry-scurry hurry-skurry kerfuffle [chiefly British] pandemonium pother row ruckus ruction rumpus shindy splore [Scottish] squall stew stir storm to-do tumult turmoil uproar welter whirl williwaw zoo See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Verb miners moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth the angry mob moiled around the courthouse Noun went for a retreat at the monastery for a temporary respite from the moil of the modern world fed up with the moil and moneygrubbing of Wall Street, he decided to open a bed-and-breakfast in Vermont Recent Examples on the Web Noun The delight of online life gave way to its moil, and the pleasure of online services has been eroded by their many downsides, from compulsion to autocracy. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2020 During the Cold War, hot tensions became hopeless moils, conducted for political benefit as much as (and, over time, more than) moral right. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2020 Word History Etymology Verb Middle English mollen, moillen, from Anglo-French moiller, from Vulgar Latin molliare, from Latin mollis* soft — more at mollify First Known Use Verb 15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense Noun 1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1 moiled verb past tense of moil 1 as in struggled to devote serious and sustained effort miners moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance struggled labored worked banged away wrought tried sweat blood drudged sweated blood tugged hustled humped dug (away) grubbed sweat travailed toiled plowed dug in pitched in plugged pegged (away) sweated knuckled down endeavored slaved fagged strained strived plodded slogged strove attacked beavered (away) buckled (down) eked out scratched put out exercised exerted overexerted overworked drove hammered (away) applied (oneself) essayed trudged waded scrabbled ground (out) Antonyms & Near Antonyms eased (up) let up hung (around or out) broke slackened hanged (around or out) goofed (off) slacked (off) chilled bummed hacked (around) idled lazed relaxed rested shirked footled lounged goldbricked dallied loafed dillydallied basked unwound played hung vegged out hung about goofed (around) reposed fooled around hanged lolled dabbled puttered (around) trifled pottered (around) messed around doodled fribbled monkeyed (around) See More 2 as in swirled to be in a state of violent rolling motion the angry mob moiled around the courthouse Synonyms & Similar Words swirled spun whirled seethed churned boiled agitated roiled reeled stirred Antonyms & Near Antonyms subsided calmed abated
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