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drudgy

/ˈdɹʌd͡ʒi/

drudgy adjective: suggestive of drudgery; being excessively hard or requiring excessive effort.

Adjective

drudgy (comparative drudgier or more drudgy, superlative drudgiest or most drudgy)

  1. Suggestive of drudgery; being excessively hard or requiring excessive effort.
    • We can find it nowhere so clearly as in these old journals, this collection of local historical material that makes such drudgy work to collect and catalog.1922, American Library Association, Bulletin of the American Library Association: Volume 16
    Synonyms:
    toilsome

Noun

drudgy (uncountable)

  1. Drudgery; labour.
    • Horses are kept only for riding, whilst bullocks are yoked in the plough and cart, perform every kind of domestic drudgey, and endure the heat better than any other animal they have got [...]1824, William Huggins, Sketches in India

Synonyms of drudgy

Forms of drudgy

comparativedrudgier
comparativemore drudgy
superlativedrudgiest
superlativemost drudgy
alternative formdrudgey

Origin of drudgy

From drudge + -y.

Questions about drudgy

What does drudgy mean?
Drudgy means suggestive of drudgery; being excessively hard or requiring excessive effort.
What part of speech is drudgy?
Drudgy can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce drudgy?
Drudgy is pronounced /ˈdɹʌd͡ʒi/.

Words near drudgy in the dictionary

  1. drudgiest
  2. drudging
  3. drudgingly
  4. drudgings
  5. drudgism
  6. drudgy
  7. drueries
  8. druery
  9. druft
  10. drug
  11. drug abuse

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