drudgery
pronunciation
How to pronounce drudgery in British English:
UK [ˈdrʌdʒəri]
How to pronounce drudgery in American English:
US [ˈdrʌdʒəri]
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- Noun:
- hard monotonous routine work
Word Origin
- drudgery (n.)
- 1540s, from drudge + -ery.
Example
- 1. They simply enjoy tasks that are drudgery to normal people .
- 2. But too many of those jobs offered low-paid , low-skilled drudgery .
- 3. We spend a large percentage of our lives at the office , engaged in the drudgery of work .
- 4. I suffer through drudgery every day .
- 5. But , says fran ? Ois bergerault , the student rebellions of 1968 helped to create a generation of frenchwomen for whom cooking was mere drudgery .