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单词 drudging
释义

drudging

adjective

drudg·​ing ˈdrə-jiŋ How to pronounce drudging (audio)
: monotonous, tiring
drudgingly
ˈdrə-jiŋ-lē How to pronounce drudging (audio)
adverb

Synonyms

  • arid
  • boring
  • colorless
  • drab
  • dreary
  • dry
  • dull
  • dusty
  • flat
  • heavy
  • ho-hum
  • humdrum
  • jading
  • jejune
  • leaden
  • mind-numbing
  • monochromatic
  • monotonous
  • numbing
  • old
  • pedestrian
  • ponderous
  • slow
  • stale
  • stodgy
  • stuffy
  • stupid
  • tame
  • tedious
  • tiresome
  • tiring
  • uninteresting
  • wearisome
  • weary
  • wearying
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Example Sentences

the hours of drudging effort that went into straightening out the company's books

Word History

First Known Use

1548, in the meaning defined above

drudging 1 of 2

adjective

as in boring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest the hours of drudging effort that went into straightening out the company's books

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • boring
  • tiring
  • wearying
  • weary
  • slow
  • dull
  • old
  • dusty
  • stupid
  • monotonous
  • heavy
  • tedious
  • humdrum
  • wearisome
  • tiresome
  • uninteresting
  • annoying
  • dreary
  • drab
  • irritating
  • dry
  • leaden
  • numbing
  • stodgy
  • ponderous
  • mind-numbing
  • stale
  • pedestrian
  • exhausting
  • tame
  • arid
  • colorless
  • stuffy
  • jejune
  • ho-hum
  • jading
  • monochromatic
  • pallid
  • unrewarding
  • draining
  • barren
  • spiritless
  • unexciting
  • blah
  • sterile
  • prosy
  • flat
  • prosaic
  • irksome
  • unimaginative
  • gray
  • dullish
  • uninspiring
  • fatiguing
  • plodding
  • uneventful
  • soggy
  • enervating
  • blank
  • inanimate
  • unspectacular
  • unsensational
  • earthbound
  • bothersome
  • undramatic
  • discouraging
  • debilitating
  • palling
  • dispiriting
  • pedantic
  • demoralizing
  • aseptic
  • ordinary
  • wearing
  • enfeebling
  • grey
  • vapid
  • lumbering
  • unexceptional
  • cumbersome
  • commonplace
  • suspenseless
  • tepid
  • disheartening
  • pleasureless
  • poky
  • pokey
  • common
  • longsome
  • unnewsworthy
  • unsurprising

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • interesting
  • involving
  • engaging
  • engrossing
  • absorbing
  • gripping
  • riveting
  • wondrous
  • intriguing
  • stirring
  • exhilarating
  • thrilling
  • exciting
  • surprising
  • moving
  • amusing
  • marvellous
  • stimulating
  • rousing
  • entertaining
  • inspiring
  • marvelous
  • wonderful
  • sensational
  • energizing
  • animating
  • diverting
  • spectacular
  • astounding
  • astonishing
  • awesome
  • amazing
  • enlivening
  • electrifying
  • galvanizing
  • alluring
  • invigorating
  • enthralling
  • entrancing
  • touching
  • breathtaking
  • fabulous
  • charming
  • poignant
  • beguiling
  • enchanting
  • bewitching
  • fascinating
  • attractive
  • attracting
  • rip-roaring
  • hair-raising
  • eye-opening
  • tantalizing
  • provocative
  • captivating
  • suspenseful
  • spellbinding
  • arresting
  • mesmerizing
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drudging

2 of 2

verb

present participle of drudge
as in laboring
to devote serious and sustained effort factory workers who must drudge all day at repetitive tasks

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • laboring
  • struggling
  • working
  • toiling
  • striving
  • slaving
  • moiling
  • plodding
  • slogging
  • hustling
  • sweating
  • plowing
  • grubbing
  • tugging
  • trying
  • humping
  • endeavoring
  • travailing
  • fagging
  • plugging
  • straining
  • banging away
  • sweating blood
  • trudging
  • digging (away)
  • beavering (away)
  • pegging (away)
  • scratching
  • attacking
  • driving
  • essaying
  • wading
  • exerting
  • exercising
  • overworking
  • pitching in
  • scrabbling
  • digging in
  • overexerting
  • knuckling down
  • eking out
  • hammering (away)
  • buckling (down)
  • applying (oneself)
  • putting out
  • grinding (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • breaking
  • slackening
  • easing (up)
  • loafing
  • shirking
  • idling
  • resting
  • lazing
  • hanging (around or out)
  • bumming
  • chilling
  • lounging
  • dallying
  • letting up
  • lolling
  • unwinding
  • footling
  • goldbricking
  • basking
  • relaxing
  • hacking (around)
  • slacking (off)
  • playing
  • trifling
  • reposing
  • hanging
  • goofing (off)
  • dabbling
  • dillydallying
  • doodling
  • fooling around
  • vegging out
  • goofing (around)
  • puttering (around)
  • hanging about
  • monkeying (around)
  • pottering (around)
  • messing around
  • fribbling
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