About The Word Plodding

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Plodding

Plodding Meaning & Definition
Plodding Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Plodding?

[n] the act of walking with a slow heavy gait
[n] hard monotonous routine work
[adj] (of movement) slow and laborious; "leaden steps"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Plodding: donkeywork | drudgery | effortful | grind | leaden

Related Terms | Find terms related to Plodding: application | arid | assiduity | assiduous | assiduousness | banausic | barren | blah | blank | bloodless | bulldog tenacity | characterless | cold | colorless | concentration | constancy | constant | continuing | dead | diligence | diligent | dim | dismal | dogged | dogged perseverance | doggedness | draggy | drearisome | dreary | drudging | dry | dryasdust | dull | dusty | effete | elephantine | empty | endurance | enduring | engrossment | etiolated | fade | faithful | fidelity | flat | grinding | grubbing | hardworking | heavy | ho-hum | hollow | humdrum | immutable | inalterable | inane | indefatigability | indefatigable | indomitable | industrious | industriousness | industry | inexcitable | insipid | insistence | insistency | insistent | invincible | jejune | laboring | lasting | leaden | lifeless | low-spirited | loyal | loyalty | monotone | monotonous | never-tiring | obstinacy | obstinate | pale | pallid | patience | patience of Job | patient | patient as Job | pedestrian | pegging | permanence | permanent | perseverance | perseverant | persevering | persistence | persistency | persistent | persisting | pertinacious | pertinaciousness | pertinacity | plugging | pointless | poky | ponderous | preoccupation | preoccupied | rapt | relentless | relentlessness | resolute | resolution | sedulity | sedulous | sedulousness | single-minded | single-mindedness | singleness of purpose | slaving | sleepless | slogging | slow | solemn | spiritless | stability | stable | stamina | staying power | steadfast | steadfastness | steadiness | steady | sterile | stick-to-itiveness | stiff | stodgy | straining | striving | struggling | stubborn | stubbornness | stuffy | superficial | sweating | tasteless | tedious | tenacious | tenaciousness | tenacity | tireless | tirelessness | toiling | unabating | unconquerable | undaunted | undiscouraged | undrooping | unfailing | unfaltering | unflagging | unflinching | unintermitting | uninterrupted | unlively | unnodding | unrelaxing | unrelenting | unremitting | unremittingness | unsleeping | unswerving | unswerving attention | untiring | unwavering | unwearied | unwearying | unwinking | utterly attentive | vapid | weariless | wooden | working

See Also | labor | labour | toil | walk | walking

Plodding In Webster's Dictionary

\Plod"ding\, a. Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding habits. --{Plod"ding*ly}, adv.

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