moiling

adjective

moil·​ing ˈmȯi-liŋ 

1

a

: requiring hard work

b

: industrious

2

: violently agitated : turbulent

moilingly

ˈmȯi-liŋ-lē 

adverb

Synonyms

• arduous
• Augean
• backbreaking
• challenging
• demanding
• difficult
• effortful
• exacting
• formidable
• grueling
• gruelling
• hard
• heavy
• hellacious
• herculean
• killer
• laborious
• murderous
• pick-and-shovel
• rigorous
• rough
• rugged
• severe
• stiff
• strenuous
• sweaty
• tall
• testing
• toilsome
• tough
• uphill

Examples of moiling in a Sentence

the kind of moiling work that was done by unskilled laborers before the age of mechanization

Word History

First Known Use

1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1b