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Meanings of
drudgery
in English
Portuguese
trabalho
Catalan
afany
Spanish
hueso
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Hard monotonous routine work.
grind
plodding
donkeywork
Portuguese
trabalho
Usage of
drudgery
in English
1
Work which has in it the element of
drudgery
needs forced attention.
2
His mettle must be tried in the school of patience and
drudgery
.
3
The combination of the most heroic impulses with the most commonplace
drudgery
.
4
That in which he takes a personal pride ceases to be
drudgery
.
5
You have not liberated people from physical
drudgery
to develop their minds.
6
No, there is still more to rugby than the
drudgery
of power.
7
He has learned to convert
drudgery
into joy; duty has become delight.
8
From the grind of
drudgery
comes at last the glorious divine spark.
9
She can at least wash dishes and sweep and do the
drudgery
.
10
Insanity, uncertainty,
drudgery
and crouching want were the portion of the many.
11
I think I know, now, why the Indian women do the
drudgery
.
12
Once he wrote: It was fearful
drudgery
-
soulless
drudgery
-
and
almost
destitute of interest.
13
One incapable of
drudgery
can not be capable of the finest work.
14
For the heavy
drudgery
seemed to crush all feeling out of us.
15
But each day of the
drudgery
only makes me wilder with nervousness.
16
Every true artist rather loves than fears the
drudgery
of his art.
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About this term
drudgery
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
daily drudgery
domestic drudgery
mere drudgery
do the drudgery
mechanical drudgery
More collocations
Translations for
drudgery
Portuguese
trabalho
Catalan
afany
feina monòtona
treball feixuc
Spanish
hueso
Drudgery
through the time
Drudgery
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common