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Antonyms for travail

Grammar : Noun
Spell : truh-veyl, trav-eyl
Phonetic Transcription : trəˈveɪl, ˈtræv eɪl

Definition of travail

Origin :
  • "labor, toil," mid-13c., from Old French travail "suffering or painful effort, trouble" (12c.), from travailler "to toil, labor," originally "to trouble, torture," from Vulgar Latin *tripaliare "to torture," from *tripalium (in Late Latin trepalium) "instrument of torture," probably from Latin tripalis "having three stakes" (from tria, tres "three" + palus "stake"), which sounds ominous, but the exact notion is obscure. The verb is recorded from late 13c.
  • noun struggle
Example sentences :
  • But it could be that Travail knew of the value of Sutter's shell collection.
  • Extract from : « Made in Tanganyika » by Carl Richard Jacobi
  • As he drove he mused over what Travail would say when he saw these shells.
  • Extract from : « Made in Tanganyika » by Carl Richard Jacobi
  • "I was looking for my tobacco pouch," Travail replied easily.
  • Extract from : « Made in Tanganyika » by Carl Richard Jacobi
  • "I'll do nothing of the sort," said Travail, starting to back away.
  • Extract from : « Made in Tanganyika » by Carl Richard Jacobi
  • His hands shook, his stalwart frame trembled as with the agony of travail.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • Pray that He may see of the travail of His soul, and be satisfied with each of them.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • And pray that we may enter into that travail of soul with Him.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • His mind had been in travail; his soul had known the pangs of labor.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • She did not seem to be in pain, and yet in travail of some sort.
  • Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • The skin of his head seemed to move in this travail of vain and tormenting suppositions.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for travail

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