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moilnoun a state of noisy, confused activitywent for a retreat at the monastery for a temporary respite from the moil of the modern world 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(also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry(or 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 cacophony, clamor, din, howl, hue and cry, noise, outcry, racket, roardisorder, unrest, upheavaleruption, flare-up, flurry, flutter, outbreak, outburstbrawl, fracas, fray, hassle, melee(also mêlée), scuffledither, fever, fret, lather, tizzy calm, hush, peace, quiet, quietude, rest, stillness, tranquillity(or tranquility)order, orderliness very hard or unpleasant workfed up with the moil and moneygrubbing of Wall Street, he decided to open a bed-and-breakfast in Vermont donkeywork, drudge, drudgery, fatigue, grind, labor, slavery, sweat, toil, travail spadeworkeffort, exertion, pains, struggle, troublechore, duty, job, obligation, responsibilityroutine, tedium, treadmill fun, play decompression, ease, leisure, relaxation, repose, restamusement, dalliance, diversion, entertainment, recreation, sportdormancy, idleness, inactivity, inertia, inertnessdallying, goldbricking, loafing, lolling, lounging moilverbto devote serious and sustained effortminers moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth 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 apply (oneself), buckle (down), dig in, hammer (away), knuckle down, pitch inattack, driveessay, tryexercise, exert, overexert, overworkeke out, grind (out), put out, scrabble, scratchtrudge, wade sweat blood break, ease (up), let up, slackenbum, chill, dally, dillydally, footle, goldbrick, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), idle, laze, loaf, lounge, shirk, slack (off), veg outbask, loll, relax, repose, rest, unwinddabble, doodle, fool around, fribble, goof (around), hang, hang about(British), mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle to be in a state of violent rolling motionthe angry mob moiled around the courthouse boil, churn, roil, seethe reel, spin, swirl, whirlagitate, stir abate, calm, subside in the 15th century |