Synonyms of drudging

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adjective

as in boring

causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest

the hours of drudging effort that went into straightening out the company's books

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boring
• tiring
• wearying
• slow
• weary
• dull
• old
• stupid
• dusty
• heavy
• monotonous
• tedious
• annoying
• wearisome
• humdrum
• dry
• tiresome
• uninteresting
• drab
• irritating
• dreary
• pedestrian
• numbing
• leaden
• stodgy
• tame
• stale
• ponderous
• mind-numbing
• arid
• colorless
• exhausting
• stuffy
• jejune
• monochromatic
• ho-hum
• pallid
• jading
• flat
• draining
• sterile
• barren
• unrewarding
• spiritless
• grey
• blah
• unexciting
• prosy
• prosaic
• blank
• gray
• irksome
• unimaginative
• soggy
• uneventful
• dullish
• uninspiring
• inanimate
• fatiguing
• unspectacular
• earthbound
• bothersome
• aseptic
• undramatic
• pedantic
• discouraging
• debilitating
• plodding
• ordinary
• dispiriting
• demoralizing
• unsensational
• wearing
• enervating
• vapid
• cumbersome
• commonplace
• lumbering
• unexceptional
• common
• tepid
• disheartening
• palling
• suspenseless
• pleasureless
• pokey
• unnewsworthy
• poky
• unsurprising
• longsome
• enfeebling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• interesting
• involving
• engaging
• absorbing
• engrossing
• intriguing
• gripping
• riveting
• wondrous
• surprising
• marvellous
• wonderful
• exciting
• marvelous
• stirring
• exhilarating
• inspiring
• thrilling
• stimulating
• amusing
• spectacular
• sensational
• entertaining
• amazing
• astonishing
• moving
• astounding
• rousing
• awesome
• energizing
• animating
• electrifying
• fabulous
• breathtaking
• alluring
• enlivening
• charming
• attractive
• touching
• poignant
• fascinating
• entrancing
• enthralling
• invigorating
• enchanting
• attracting
• beguiling
• diverting
• bewitching
• galvanizing
• rip-roaring
• eye-opening
• hair-raising
• provocative
• tantalizing
• suspenseful
• captivating
• arresting
• mesmerizing
• spellbinding

drudging

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verb

present participle of drudge

as in laboring

to devote serious and sustained effort

factory workers who must drudge all day at repetitive tasks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laboring
• striving
• struggling
• working
• toiling
• endeavoring
• slaving
• trying
• plodding
• sweating
• plowing
• hustling
• tugging
• slogging
• grubbing
• humping
• moiling
• digging (away)
• plugging
• straining
• travailing
• fagging
• pegging (away)
• banging away
• applying (oneself)
• sweating blood
• beavering (away)
• trudging
• buckling (down)
• hammering (away)
• attacking
• scratching
• exerting
• essaying
• driving
• wading
• pitching in
• exercising
• digging in
• overworking
• scrabbling
• grinding (out)
• eking out
• knuckling down
• overexerting
• putting out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breaking
• slackening
• easing (up)
• loafing
• shirking
• idling
• hanging (around or out)
• chilling
• resting
• lounging
• lazing
• bumming
• dallying
• letting up
• hacking (around)
• lolling
• relaxing
• unwinding
• basking
• slacking (off)
• goofing (off)
• footling
• playing
• goldbricking
• reposing
• hanging
• trifling
• dabbling
• dillydallying
• messing around
• fooling around
• doodling
• vegging out
• puttering (around)
• goofing (around)
• monkeying (around)
• hanging about
• pottering (around)
• fribbling