Drudging
51tiresome — [adj] irritating, exasperating a bit much*, annoying, arduous, boresome, boring, burdensome, demanding, difficult, drag, dragging, drudging, dull, enervative, exacting, exhausting, fatiguing, flat, hard, heavy, hefty, ho hum*, humdrum, irksome,… …
52drudge — [druj] n. [ME druggen, prob. < OE dreogan: see DREE] a person who does hard, menial, or tedious work vi. drudged, drudging to do such work …
53pick-and-shovel — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : done with or as if with a pick and shovel : laborious, drudging pick and shovel routine * * * /pik euhn shuv euhl/, adj. marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick and shovel work necessary to get a political campaign… …
54slogging — I. noun ( s) Etymology: from gerund of slog (I) 1. : plodding 2. : hard drudging work : plugging …
55un|ap|pre|ci|at|ing — «UHN uh PREE shee AY tihng», adjective. not appreciating; unappreciative: »drudging at low rates for unappreciating booksellers (Charles Lamb) …
