Definitions for drudgery

drudgery drudg·er·y

Spelling: [druhj-uh-ree]
IPA: /ˈdrʌdʒ ə ri/

Drudgery is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 103 anagrams from letters in drudgery (ddegrruy).

Definitions for drudgery

noun

  1. menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.

Origin of drudgery

First recorded in 1540-50; drudge + -ery

Examples for drudgery

On Monday she was scheduled for a full day of press to promote the series, drudgery under the best of circumstances.

I broke lose for one day from routine, from drudgery and harness.

To this drudgery of his art he served a long apprenticeship; but it did him good.

That is said with zero disrespect for the hard work, and often drudgery, that those jobs entail.

Why is it that the others have all the fun and I all the drudgery?

For many Afghan women, a life of violence, drudgery and ill health is the best they can expect.

And then there are folks like Wesselman-Pierce who just want a break from the drudgery of real life.

We coo over how cute our cat is and minimize the drudgery of cleaning the litter box.

He did the cooking for the other men in the fort, the dish-washing and the drudgery.

Money was needful to extricate him from this drudgery and let him follow up his aspirations.

Word Value for drudgery
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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