Past tense of 'drudge'; worked at hard, tedious, and unpleasant tasks.
Regular past tense of 'drudge' formed by adding '-ed.' Maintains the meaning of doing drudgery work.
When someone says 'I drudged through my homework,' it's not just about working—it's about suffering through something that feels meaningless, which is what makes drudgery so depressing!
Past tense carries forward the gendered labor associations of 'drudge'—unmarked, unpaid domestic work and servitude disproportionately fell to women.
Specify the work performed rather than leaving 'drudged' as a vague descriptor of effort. Name the actual task to center what was accomplished.
["completed repetitive work","performed routine tasks","engaged in monotonous labor"]
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