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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
  • The roll call late Tuesday, 220-204, was similar to earlier efforts this summer, with a few more Republicans joining all Democrats voting to bring an end to the conflict.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The county health department is also continuing to distribute oral rabies vaccines as part of efforts to control the spread of rabies among wildlife, including raccoons and coyotes.
    — Ashley Paul, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of efforts
Noun
  • 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
  • Castro looked frail and thinner In his traditional olive-green fatigues, but was seen walking, standing and talking.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of fatigues
Noun
  • 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
  • With that, his exertions in perfecting his homegrown colony process—the green smoothie for caterpillars, testing procedures for parasites—came into clearer view for me.
    — Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
Definition of exertions
Noun
  • Wear it comfortably with jeans, sweats, skirts, leggings, and under cardigans, sweaters, denim jackets, and more.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Biographers and historians have documented that Stewart suffered from severe psychological trauma, which caused digestive issues, insomnia, nightmares, shakes and sweats.
    — Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of sweats
Noun
  • Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Andy Pages, Rojas and others will still be playing through aches and pains by the time October rolls around.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Court filings haven't specified the nature of the new evidence; the judge and attorneys took pains not to disclose any details during a pretrial hearing on Tuesday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of pains

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“Drudgeries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drudgeries. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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