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 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
  • Their heroic labors produced the versions that, copied and recopied on papyrus and later on parchment, arrived at last at a printing press in Florence.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • Justine Siegemund, a German midwife who learned her practice by studying books, was often asked to consult on complex labors.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 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
  • Meanwhile, traditional efforts to take undocumented immigrants into custody from their homes have become less effective.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • The benefit brings together figures from the art, film, fashion and entertainment worlds while raising funds for LACMA’s broader mission and its efforts to make film a more integral part of the museum’s programming.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 15 July 2026
Definition of efforts
Noun
  • Guard members, clearly distinguished by their military fatigues, have been seen throughout downtown Memphis on patrols and directing traffic during events.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • Estonia has, in the past year, observed Russian men in fatigues near its border.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Definition of fatigues
Noun
  • Thanks to the quality of the fish, word of mouth, foreign guidebooks, and now Moe’s exertions on Instagram, there are long lines at the door, especially on weekends.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • Not everyone appreciated the exertions.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Definition of exertions
Noun
  • Some travel days call for maximum comfort, but that doesn’t mean reaching for old sweats.
    — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2026
  • But from then on, Nolte was never late and showed up every day in the same outfit — a trench coat, T-shirt, sweats and Nike turf shoes — with a notebook in hand.
    — CJ Moore, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of sweats
Noun
  • Blanche said department lawyers took pains to protect the women involved, and quickly fixed any errors that were found.
    — Alanna Durkin Richer, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • Those include aches and pains, fever, cough, shortness of breath.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 July 2026
Definition of pains

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