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Moil

/mɔɪl/

Hard work.

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📖 Definitions of "Moil"

noun

1
Hard work.
2
Confusion, turmoil.
3
A spot; a defilement.

verb

1
To toil, to work hard.
2
To churn continually; to swirl.
3
To defile or dirty.

🔄 Synonyms of "Moil"

11 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
travailnoun	(literary) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
grindverb	(transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
churnnoun	(business, of a customer) To stop using a company's product or service.
digverb	(transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
drudgenoun	(also attributively) A person who works in a low servile job.
labornoun	(Australian politics, informal) The Australian Labor Party.
roilverb	(transitive, of a person or group of people) To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.
fagnoun	(US, Canada, vulgar, usually offensive, sometimes endearing) A homosexual man, especially (usually derogatory) an effeminate or unusual one.
boilnoun	(transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
labournoun	An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
toilnoun	Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Moil"

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Word	Definition
toilnoun	Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
travailnoun	(literary) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
labournoun	An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
roilverb	(transitive, of a person or group of people) To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.
churnnoun	(business, of a customer) To stop using a company's product or service.
drudgenoun	(also attributively) A person who works in a low servile job.
grindverb	(transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
labornoun	(Australian politics, informal) The Australian Labor Party.
digverb	(transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
boilnoun	(transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
drudgerynoun	Exhausting, menial, and tedious work.
fagnoun	(US, Canada, vulgar, usually offensive, sometimes endearing) A homosexual man, especially (usually derogatory) an effeminate or unusual one.
toil and moilverb	To work hard; to drudge; to toil, to moil.
toolnoun	Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.
forworknoun	(archaic, transitive) To forfeit (a possession, privilege, etc.); ruin (oneself) by one's own conduct.
betoilverb	(transitive) To worry or exercise with toil.
plodnoun	A slow or labored walk or other motion or activity.
moidernoun	(US, dialect, archaic, transitive) murder
travelnoun	The act of traveling; passage from place to place.
work like a horseverb	(simile, idiomatic, informal) To work very hard; to toil.