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drudgeries

noun

plural of drudgery
as in labors
very hard or unpleasant work in the "good old days" household servants led lives filled with much drudgery and little pleasure

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Recent Examples of drudgeries Aesthetic experiences were here not reserved for museums or the elite, but folded in along with daily drudgeries. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Your inner lover girl is dying for some time in the sun, for a vacation from your usual drudgeries. — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026 For others, the online gaming space – from Wordle and chess to blackjack and poker is a welcome respite from the drudgeries of the day. — Nish Acharya, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drudgeries
  1. labors
  2. toils
  3. efforts
  4. fatigues
  5. exertions
  6. sweats
  7. pains
Noun
  • Teaching and coaching are labors of love passed down from Lee’s father, Robert, who spent his career coaching and teaching students in Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools.
    — PJ Green August 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Exclusion generates the prestige toward which unpaid labors strive.
    — M. C. Mah, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of labors
Noun
  • The gods themselves are also an unnerving presence, omnipresent beings of colossal power who see humans as their playthings and view Ulysses' toils as some twisted spectator sport.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026
  • There has to be a chance that Jos Buttler’s toils in Sri Lanka and India represent his last ventures on the international stage, and therefore the end of an era.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Definition of toils
Noun
  • An international mission in March documented escalating police violence, smear campaigns fueled by public officials, persistent impunity, legal and digital threats and the ruling party's efforts to tighten its grip over the media, CPJ said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The cost-cutting efforts have led to longer expected delivery times and lowered service-performance goals that USPS has been unable to fully reach, a recent Government Accountability Office report found.
    — Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of efforts
Noun
  • But unlike actual fatigues, this is cut to drape just right in all the right places and is clean of any distressing and patches.
    — Alison Syrett Cleary, InStyle, 18 Sep. 2026
  • His military officer's cap and saber rested on the coffin, which was flanked by men in fatigues.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of fatigues
Noun
  • Lula very pointedly locates the threat differently, emphasizing the ability to resist a foreign power’s undue exertions of leverage.
    — Andre Pagliarini, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Ayuso possibly lacks the top-end explosivity, while surely Mas’ legs are not in race-winning shape given his exertions over the past month — but the Mallorcan is in the form of his career.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of exertions
Noun
  • To make things easy, stick to sweats or its Crepette line—this pants and jacket set in Flint Green is from the latter.
    — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Wear it comfortably with jeans, sweats, skirts, leggings, and under cardigans, sweaters, denim jackets, and more.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of sweats
Noun
  • The new Brad Pitt vehicle, directed by David Ayer, takes pains to start with a scene that exists only to make this clear.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Joint and muscle pains are all too common for women in midlife.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of pains

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“Drudgeries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drudgeries. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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