moiling

Laboring without rest

Moiling means toiling or working hard, often with connotations of drudgery or confusion.

The word is archaic and literary, surviving mainly in the phrase toiling and moiling, where it intensifies the sense of laborious effort.

To moil can also mean to churn or swirl muddily: The river moiled after the storm.

toiling

drudgery

Hard, boring work

  • exertionVigorous physical effort
  • grindCrush into particles
  • slogLaborious persistent effort

laborious · backbreaking · arduous · grueling · exhausting · demanding · taxing · plodding · sweat · travail

churning

roiling

Churning with turbulence

seething · agitated · heaving · surging · boiling · bubbling · frothing · thrashing · whirling · restless

Opposites
effort and toil

moilingeffortless

Requiring no strain

easy · undemanding · light · facile · simple

activity vs. rest

moilingresting

In a state of stillness

idle · reposing · lounging · relaxing · lazing

turbulence and agitation

moilingcalm

Free from agitation

still · tranquil · peaceful · serene · placid

Family

moil

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