Synonyms for moil
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : moil |
| Phonetic Transcription : mɔɪl |
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Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for moil
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