toiling

T1O1I1L1I1N1G2

noun

Hard work.

UncommonScrabble 8

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of toil
nountoiling (plural toilings)

plural toilings

  1. Hard work.

    Can we perceive a person's works as the effects of miracles or as the results of blessings or as the effects of their own mortal toilings?

    2001, Bonnie Gulan, The Great Bible Dig: Excavation of the Scriptures, page 367

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivedoing arduous or unpleasant work

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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