moil

1 of 2

verb

ˈmȯi(-ə)l

moiled; moiling; moils

transitive verb

chiefly dialectal : to make wet or dirty

intransitive verb

: to work hard : drudge

: to be in continuous agitation : churn, swirl

moiler noun

moil

2 of 2

noun

: hard work : drudgery

: confusion, turmoil

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Moil may mean "to work hard" but its origins are the opposite of hard; it ultimately derives from Latin mollis, meaning "soft." (Other English derivatives of mollis are emollient, mollify, and mollusk.) A more immediate ancestor of moil is the Anglo-French verb moiller, meaning "to make wet, dampen," and one of the early meanings of moil in English was "to become wet and muddy." The "work hard" sense of moil appears most frequently in the pairing "toil and moil." Both moil and toil can also be nouns meaning "work." Moil implies work that is drudgery and toil suggests prolonged and fatiguing labor.

Synonyms

Verb

bang away
beaver (away)
dig (away)
drudge
endeavor
fag
grub
hump
hustle
labor
peg (away)
plod
plow
plug
slave
slog
strain
strive
struggle
sweat
toil
travail
tug
work

Noun

ado
alarums and excursions
ballyhoo
blather
bluster
bobbery
bother
bustle
clatter
clutter [chiefly dialect]
coil
commotion
corroboree [Australian]
disturbance
do [chiefly dialect]
foofaraw
fun
furor
furore
fuss
helter-skelter
hoo-ha
hoo-hah
hoopla
hubble-bubble
hubbub
hullabaloo
hurly
hurly-burly
hurricane
hurry
hurry-scurry
hurry-skurry
kerfuffle [chiefly British]
pandemonium
pother
row
ruckus
ruction
rumpus
shindy
splore [Scottish]
squall
stew
stir
storm
to-do
tumult
turmoil
uproar
welter
whirl
williwaw
zoo

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Example Sentences

Verb miners moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth the angry mob moiled around the courthouse Noun went for a retreat at the monastery for a temporary respite from the moil of the modern world fed up with the moil and moneygrubbing of Wall Street, he decided to open a bed-and-breakfast in Vermont

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The delight of online life gave way to its moil, and the pleasure of online services has been eroded by their many downsides, from compulsion to autocracy.

Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2020 During the Cold War, hot tensions became hopeless moils, conducted for political benefit as much as (and, over time, more than) moral right.

Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2020

moils 1 of 2

noun

plural of moil

as in disturbances

a state of noisy, confused activity went for a retreat at the monastery for a temporary respite from the moil of the modern world

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

disturbances
commotions
stirs
turmoils
fusses
furors
furores
noises
ballyhoos
alarums and excursions
storms
fun
hubbubs
rows
clatters
rackets
hullabaloos
rumpuses
hurricanes
splores
pandemoniums
shindies
hurlies
coils
ruckuses
hurly-burlies
williwaws
clutters
ados
shindys
zoos
foofaraws
pothers
bobberies
bustles
helter-skelters
blathers
hurry-skurries
corroborees
roars
hurry-scurries
bothers
tumults
hoo-hahs
welters
ructions
hubble-bubbles
kerfuffles
hooplas
squalls
flurries
whirls
uproars
do's
stews
bluster
upheavals
howls
disorders
dos
outcries
hoo-has
to-dos
cacophonies
eruptions
outbreaks
hue and cries
dins
clamors
brawls
outbursts
flutters
mêlées
scuffles
fracases
fevers
frays
tizzies
fracas
melees
frets
dithers
hassles
lathers
flare-ups

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

tranquilities
tranquillities
rests
hushes
calms
quietudes
peaces
quiets
orders

as in efforts

very hard or unpleasant work fed up with the moil and moneygrubbing of Wall Street, he decided to open a bed-and-breakfast in Vermont

Synonyms & Similar Words

efforts
sweats
labors
fatigues
pains
exertions
toils
donkeyworks
grinds
struggles
drudgeries
slaveries
drudges
troubles
responsibilities
travails
obligations
duties
tediums
jobs
spadeworks
chores
routines
treadmills

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

fun
plays
eases
rests
relaxations
sports
reposes
inactivities
diversions
amusements
entertainments
recreations
decompressions
dalliances
leisures
inertias
dormancies

moils

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of moil

as in struggles

to devote serious and sustained effort miners moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth

Synonyms & Similar Words

struggles
labors
works
bangs away
sweats
sweats blood
tries
strives
tugs
endeavors
drudges
toils
slaves
travails
digs (away)
hustles
humps
plows
grubs
strains
fags
pegs (away)
beavers (away)
plugs
slogs
plods
digs in
attacks
pitches in
knuckles down
overexerts
exercises
hammers (away)
buckles (down)
scratches
essays
drives
overworks
exerts
ekes out
applies (oneself)
grinds (out)
wades
scrabbles
puts out
trudges

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

eases (up)
slacks (off)
breaks
lets up
hangs (around or out)
goofs (off)
goldbricks
slackens
hacks (around)
dillydallies
rests
lazes
shirks
footles
lounges
chills
bums
idles
loafs
dallies
fribbles
relaxes
unwinds
goofs (around)
plays
basks
fools around
messes around
reposes
hangs
lolls
putters (around)
monkeys (around)
vegges out
hangs about
potters (around)
dabbles
veges out
doodles
trifles

as in swirls

to be in a state of violent rolling motion the angry mob moiled around the courthouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

swirls
spins
churns
boils
whirls
roils
seethes
reels
stirs
agitates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

subsides
calms
abates

单词	moils
释义	moil 1 of 2 verb ˈmȯi(-ə)l moiled; moiling; moils transitive verb chiefly dialectal : to make wet or dirty intransitive verb 1 : to work hard : drudge 2 : to be in continuous agitation : churn, swirl moiler noun moil 2 of 2 noun 1 : hard work : drudgery 2 : confusion, turmoil Did you know? Moil may mean "to work hard" but its origins are the opposite of hard; it ultimately derives from Latin mollis, meaning "soft." (Other English derivatives of mollis are emollient, mollify, and mollusk.) A more immediate ancestor of moil is the Anglo-French verb moiller, meaning "to make wet, dampen," and one of the early meanings of moil in English was "to become wet and muddy." The "work hard" sense of moil appears most frequently in the pairing "toil and moil." Both moil and toil can also be nouns meaning "work." Moil implies work that is drudgery and toil suggests prolonged and fatiguing labor. Synonyms Verb bang away beaver (away) dig (away) drudge endeavor fag grub hump hustle labor peg (away) plod plow plug slave slog strain strive struggle sweat toil travail tug work Noun ado alarums and excursions ballyhoo blather bluster bobbery bother bustle clatter clutter [chiefly dialect] coil commotion corroboree [Australian] disturbance do [chiefly dialect] foofaraw fun furor furore fuss helter-skelter hoo-ha hoo-hah hoopla hubble-bubble hubbub hullabaloo hurly hurly-burly hurricane hurry hurry-scurry hurry-skurry kerfuffle [chiefly British] pandemonium pother row ruckus ruction rumpus shindy splore [Scottish] squall stew stir storm to-do tumult turmoil uproar welter whirl williwaw zoo See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Verb miners moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth the angry mob moiled around the courthouse Noun went for a retreat at the monastery for a temporary respite from the moil of the modern world fed up with the moil and moneygrubbing of Wall Street, he decided to open a bed-and-breakfast in Vermont Recent Examples on the Web Noun The delight of online life gave way to its moil, and the pleasure of online services has been eroded by their many downsides, from compulsion to autocracy. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2020 During the Cold War, hot tensions became hopeless moils, conducted for political benefit as much as (and, over time, more than) moral right. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2020 Word History Etymology Verb Middle English mollen, moillen, from Anglo-French moiller, from Vulgar Latin molliare, from Latin mollis* soft — more at mollify First Known Use Verb 15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense Noun 1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1 moils 1 of 2 noun plural of moil 1 as in disturbances a state of noisy, confused activity went for a retreat at the monastery for a temporary respite from the moil of the modern world Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance disturbances commotions stirs turmoils fusses furors furores noises ballyhoos alarums and excursions storms fun hubbubs rows clatters rackets hullabaloos rumpuses hurricanes splores pandemoniums shindies hurlies coils ruckuses hurly-burlies williwaws clutters ados shindys zoos foofaraws pothers bobberies bustles helter-skelters blathers hurry-skurries corroborees roars hurry-scurries bothers tumults hoo-hahs welters ructions hubble-bubbles kerfuffles hooplas squalls flurries whirls uproars do's stews bluster upheavals howls disorders dos outcries hoo-has to-dos cacophonies eruptions outbreaks hue and cries dins clamors brawls outbursts flutters mêlées scuffles fracases fevers frays tizzies fracas melees frets dithers hassles lathers flare-ups Antonyms & Near Antonyms tranquilities tranquillities rests hushes calms quietudes peaces quiets orders See More 2 as in efforts very hard or unpleasant work fed up with the moil and moneygrubbing of Wall Street, he decided to open a bed-and-breakfast in Vermont Synonyms & Similar Words efforts sweats labors fatigues pains exertions toils donkeyworks grinds struggles drudgeries slaveries drudges troubles responsibilities travails obligations duties tediums jobs spadeworks chores routines treadmills Antonyms & Near Antonyms fun plays eases rests relaxations sports reposes inactivities diversions amusements entertainments recreations decompressions dalliances leisures inertias dormancies See More moils 2 of 2 verb present tense third-person singular of moil 1 as in struggles to devote serious and sustained effort miners moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth Synonyms & Similar Words struggles labors works bangs away sweats sweats blood tries strives tugs endeavors drudges toils slaves travails digs (away) hustles humps plows grubs strains fags pegs (away) beavers (away) plugs slogs plods digs in attacks pitches in knuckles down overexerts exercises hammers (away) buckles (down) scratches essays drives overworks exerts ekes out applies (oneself) grinds (out) wades scrabbles puts out trudges Antonyms & Near Antonyms eases (up) slacks (off) breaks lets up hangs (around or out) goofs (off) goldbricks slackens hacks (around) dillydallies rests lazes shirks footles lounges chills bums idles loafs dallies fribbles relaxes unwinds goofs (around) plays basks fools around messes around reposes hangs lolls putters (around) monkeys (around) vegges out hangs about potters (around) dabbles veges out doodles trifles See More 2 as in swirls to be in a state of violent rolling motion the angry mob moiled around the courthouse Synonyms & Similar Words swirls spins churns boils whirls roils seethes reels stirs agitates Antonyms & Near Antonyms subsides calms abates
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