Meaning & use
toiling
Working extremely hard for a long period of time, often at physically demanding or tedious labor.
See it in a sentence
Farmers were toiling in the fields long before sunrise every morning.
She spent years toiling away at a job that never quite paid the bills.
A note on using this word
Toiling often appears with "away" for emphasis, as in "toiling away," underscoring effort that feels endless or unrewarded.
Words with a similar meaning
laboringslaving
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Words with an opposite meaning
relaxingresting
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