English-Thai Dictionary

drudgery

N งานหนัก  งาน น่าเบื่อ  housework chores toil sweat ngan-nak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DRUDGERY

n.Hard labor; toilsome work; ignoble toil; hard work in servile occupations. Paradise was a place of bliss-without drudgery or sorrow.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DRUDGERY

DRUDGERY Drudg "er *y, n.

 

Defn: The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil. The drudgery of penning definitions. Macaulay. Paradise was a place of bliss. .. without drudgery and with out sorrow. Locke.

 

Syn. -- See Toll.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

drudgery

drudg er y |ˈdrəjərē ˈdrəʤ (ə )ri | ▶noun hard, menial, or dull work: domestic drudgery.

 

Oxford Dictionary

drudgery

drudg ¦ery |ˈdrʌdʒəri | ▶noun [ mass noun ] hard menial or dull work: domestic drudgery.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

drudgery

drudgery noun she swore her daughters would never be condemned to a life of drudgery: hard work, menial work, donkey work, toil, labor; chores. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See labor . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

drudgery

drudgery noun the housewives were left alone with their drudgery: hard work, menial work, donkey work, toil, toiling, labour, hard /sweated labour, chores, plodding; slavery; informal skivvying, grind, slog; Brit. informal graft; Austral. /NZ informal (hard ) yakka; archaic travail, moil. ANTONYMS relaxation.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

drudgery

drudg er y /drʌ́dʒ (ə )ri /名詞 U 退屈な骨折り仕事 .