Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Drudgery /(drŭj"ẽr*y̆)/ · Drudg·er·y · IPA /ˈdɹʌd͡ʒəɹi/ 01 n. The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil. 1. The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil. “The drudgery of penning definitions.” — Macaulay. “Paradise was a place of bliss . . . without drudgery and with out sorrow.” — Locke. Syn. See Toll.