Antonyms for moil


Grammar : Verb
Spell : moil
Phonetic Transcription : mɔɪl


Definition of moil

Origin :
  • "to labour in the mire" [Johnson], c.1400, from Old French moillier "to wet, moisten" (12c., Modern French mouiller), from Vulgar Latin *molliare, from Latin mollis "soft," from PIE *mel- "soft" (see mild). Related: Moiled; moiling.
  • verb labor
Example sentences :
  • And why should men toil and moil when they had been the masters of the world?
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • I'll juist tak' a leuk at the grave, moil, gin ye'll hae an ee on the dog.
  • Extract from : « Greyfriars Bobby » by Eleanor Atkinson
  • Toil and moil every day from your first breath to your last, and what good does it bring you?
  • Extract from : « Joyce's Investments » by Fannie E. Newberry
  • Why, then, toil and moil for mere vanities that we must leave behind us?
  • Extract from : « Bonaparte in Egypt and the Egyptians of To-day » by Haji A. Browne
  • There were people who were rich; people who did not have to toil and moil—people who lived in plenty.
  • Extract from : « Wang the Ninth » by Putnam Weale
  • Ah, I do not wonder you love this morning hour, when beauty reigns supreme, before the toil and moil of the world has begun.
  • Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
  • If Eugene is not a success amid the toil and moil of business, he shines out pre-eminently on such occasions as these.
  • Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
  • Blame them not, if for a time their limbs forget their toil and moil and their hearts their pangs and sorrows.
  • Extract from : « Bushido, the Soul of Japan » by Inazo Nitob
  • He had forgotten the calm and tranquil region that stretched beyond the moil and anguish of the strife for gain.
  • Extract from : « Gordon Keith » by Thomas Nelson Page
  • But moil not too much under ground; for the hope of mines is very uncertain, and useth to make the planters lazy, in other things.
  • Extract from : « Essays » by Francis Bacon

Synonyms for moil

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