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adjective

ˈmȯi-liŋ How to pronounce moiling (audio)
Definition of moilingnext
as in difficult
requiring considerable physical or mental effort the kind of moiling work that was done by unskilled laborers before the age of mechanization

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moiling

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verb

present participle of moil
1
as in laboring
to devote serious and sustained effort miners moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth

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2
as in swirling
to be in a state of violent rolling motion the angry mob moiled around the courthouse

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moiling
  1. difficult
  2. laboring
  3. swirling
  4. challenging
  5. struggling
  6. churning
  7. demanding
  8. striving
Adjective
  • The pilot must compensate manually using the controller, which can be difficult if the aircraft is far away or difficult to see.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The chocolatey all-suede style was first released in October 2023 and has become increasingly difficult to track down over the years, with certain sizes commanding premium prices on the secondary market.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of difficult
Verb
  • Strange, yes, but definitely more memorable than an accountant in green eyeshade laboring over the books.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • And workers have now spent over 1 million hours laboring on an infrastructure project whose price tag has surpassed $900 million.
    — Robert Tann, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of laboring
Verb
  • Questions are still swirling after a Sacramento steakhouse suddenly closed its doors, with a lawsuit from employees in tow.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026
  • That one image—blue oceans swirling with white clouds, landmasses without borders—reshaped the cultural imagination.
    — Andrew Zuckerman, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of swirling
Adjective
  • Manufacturing electronic devices from it remains difficult, particularly because reliably controlling its electrical properties through doping is challenging.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Porter knew Friday’s game would be a challenging one against the Tillers.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of challenging
Verb
  • Florida was struggling under interim coach Billy Gonzales, a longtime Meyer assistant, and the Gators failed to carry any emotion into a 31-11 loss as the Vols’ ended two-decade drought in Swamp.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The outlet suggested Lively and Reynolds were putting on a brave face for the cameras but struggling behind-the-scenes.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of struggling
Verb
  • Boise-area restaurants are churning, with a longtime Eagle Italian spot bowing out of its space soon, and a Hawaiian chain planting its flag in Kuna.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 8 Nov. 2026
  • America was at an ugly and gut-churning crossroads, with some already crudely resisting whatever democratic gains had come because of stacks upon stacks of movement protests.
    — Kevin Powell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of churning
Adjective
  • The operator brings the experience while the machine takes on the physically demanding work.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026
  • For these more demanding tasks, the K70 offers a full-coverage cleaning mode that tackles floors, walls, waterlines and slopes.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of demanding
Verb
  • Abi is the conventional one, diligently striving in the white-collar world for mundane material comforts.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Wong took a different path and co-founded a political party called Demosisto in 2016, advocating for self-determination and striving for a referendum on the city's political future.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of striving
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“Moiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moiling. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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