Antonyms for drudgery
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : druhj-uh-ree |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrʌdʒ ə ri |
Definition of drudgery
Origin :- 1540s, from drudge + -ery.
- noun hard, tedious work
- Money was needful to extricate him from this drudgery and let him follow up his aspirations.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- Why is it that the others have all the fun and I all the drudgery?
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- To this drudgery of his art he served a long apprenticeship; but it did him good.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- He did the cooking for the other men in the fort, the dish-washing and the drudgery.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- I broke lose for one day from routine, from drudgery and harness.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- I was put to all manner of drudgery, such as scrubbing the decks.
- Extract from : « Adventures and Recollections » by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
- I speak of these things, for they were the oases in army life and drudgery.
- Extract from : « War from the Inside » by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
- What a month of work and drudgery there is before you, little woman!
- Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
- He loathed the drudgery of the work, and he considered there was no further need.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- The labor of the house, and all the drudgery, falls on the females.
- Extract from : « The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido » by Henry Keppel
Synonyms for drudgery
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