Synonyms of moils

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noun

plural of moil

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as in disturbances

a state of noisy, confused activity

went for a retreat at the monastery for a temporary respite from the moil of the modern world

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disturbances
• commotions
• stirs
• turmoils
• fusses
• furors
• furores
• noises
• shindies
• alarums and excursions
• ballyhoos
• storms
• fun
• rows
• clatters
• hubbubs
• rackets
• hurricanes
• rumpuses
• hullabaloos
• pandemoniums
• coils
• splores
• hurlies
• hurly-burlies
• ruckuses
• clutters
• williwaws
• zoos
• ados
• shindys
• bustles
• hooplas
• foofaraws
• pothers
• bobberies
• blathers
• roars
• kerfuffles
• corroborees
• helter-skelters
• tumults
• hurry-skurries
• hubble-bubbles
• bothers
• ructions
• hurry-scurries
• to-dos
• hoo-hahs
• squalls
• welters
• flurries
• do's
• uproars
• whirls
• stews
• bluster
• upheavals
• hue and cries
• hoo-has
• howls
• disorders
• outcries
• dos
• cacophonies
• mêlées
• eruptions
• outbreaks
• clamors
• dins
• brawls
• outbursts
• flutters
• scuffles
• fevers
• fracases
• frays
• flare-ups
• tizzies
• fracas
• melees
• frets
• dithers
• hassles
• lathers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tranquillities
• tranquilities
• rests
• calms
• hushes
• peaces
• quiets
• quietudes
• orders

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as in efforts

very hard or unpleasant work

fed up with the moil and moneygrubbing of Wall Street, he decided to open a bed-and-breakfast in Vermont

Synonyms & Similar Words

• efforts
• sweats
• labors
• fatigues
• pains
• exertions
• toils
• grinds
• drudgeries
• donkeyworks
• struggles
• slaveries
• drudges
• responsibilities
• troubles
• travails
• obligations
• duties
• jobs
• tediums
• spadeworks
• chores
• routines
• treadmills

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fun
• plays
• eases
• rests
• relaxations
• sports
• reposes
• amusements
• diversions
• entertainments
• inactivities
• recreations
• dalliances
• decompressions
• leisures
• inertias
• dormancies

moils

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verb

present tense third-person singular of moil

1

as in struggles

to devote serious and sustained effort

miners moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• struggles
• labors
• strives
• works
• endeavors
• digs (away)
• tries
• slaves
• pegs (away)
• tugs
• sweats
• bangs away
• toils
• hustles
• plows
• sweats blood
• humps
• grubs
• beavers (away)
• plugs
• drudges
• strains
• plods
• hammers (away)
• slogs
• travails
• buckles (down)
• applies (oneself)
• fags
• digs in
• attacks
• knuckles down
• grinds (out)
• pitches in
• exercises
• exerts
• overexerts
• scratches
• drives
• essays
• overworks
• ekes out
• wades
• puts out
• trudges
• scrabbles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eases (up)
• breaks
• slacks (off)
• lets up
• hangs (around or out)
• slackens
• goofs (off)
• goldbricks
• hacks (around)
• rests
• shirks
• lazes
• dillydallies
• chills
• lounges
• bums
• idles
• footles
• loafs
• dallies
• relaxes
• unwinds
• fribbles
• plays
• basks
• goofs (around)
• reposes
• hangs
• lolls
• messes around
• fools around
• putters (around)
• monkeys (around)
• vegges out
• dabbles
• hangs about
• potters (around)
• veges out
• doodles
• trifles

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as in swirls

to be in a state of violent rolling motion

the angry mob moiled around the courthouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swirls
• spins
• churns
• boils
• whirls
• seethes
• roils
• stirs
• reels
• agitates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• subsides
• calms
• abates