" moil "

1: a state of noisy, confused activity;

  * e.g., " ... went for a retreat at the monastery for a temporary respite from the moil of the modern world "

•  Synonyms : 

•  ado,

•  alarums and excursions,

•  ballyhoo,

•  blather,

•  bluster,

•  bobbery,

•  bother,

•  bustle,

•  clatter,

•  clutter,

•  coil,

•  commotion,

•  disturbance,

•  do,

•  foofaraw,

•  fun,

•  furor,

•  furore,

•  fuss,

•  helter-skelter,

•  hoo-ha,

•  hoopla,

•  hubble-bubble,

•  hubbub,

•  hullabaloo,

•  hurly,

•  hurly-burly,

•  hurricane,

•  hurry,

•  hurry-scurry,

•  kerfuffle,

•  pandemonium,

•  pother,

•  row,

•  ruckus,

•  ruction,

•  rumpus,

•  shindy,

•  splore,

•  squall,

•  stew,

•  stir,

•  storm,

•  to-do,

•  tumult,

•  turmoil,

•  uproar,

•  welter,

•  whirl,

•  williwaw,

•  zoo

•  Antonyms : 

•  fun,

•  play

2: very hard or unpleasant work;

  * e.g., " ... fed up with the moil and moneygrubbing of Wall Street, he decided to open a bed-and-breakfast in Vermont "

•  Synonyms : 

•  donkeywork,

•  drudge,

•  drudgery,

•  fatigue,

•  grind,

•  labor,

•  slavery,

•  sweat,

•  toil,

•  travail

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to devote serious and sustained effort;

  * e.g., " ... miners moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth "

•  Synonyms : 

•  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

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to be in a state of violent rolling motion;

  * e.g., " ... the angry mob moiled around the courthouse "

•  Synonyms : 

•  boil,

•  churn,

•  roil,

•  seethe

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)