Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plodding

/plˈɑdɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: plod-ding
IPA: /plˈɑdɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of plod

adj

Progressing slowly and laboriously.

noun

Slow, laborious progress.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I'd count not wearisome / Long toil, nor enterprise, / But strain to reach it; aye, with wrestlings stout / And hopes that even in the dark will grow / (Like plants in dungeons, reaching feelers out), / And ploddings wary and slow."
"Many a game is won by mere steady plodding."

Usage

Inflected Forms

more plodding (comparative) most plodding (superlative) ploddings (plural)

Derived Forms

ploddingly ploddingness unplodding

Synonyms

leaden plod drudgery grind donkeywork

Rhymes With

nodding prodding rodding codding godding

Questions

How do you pronounce plodding?: The recorded pronunciation is /plˈɑdɪŋ/.
What does plodding mean?: present participle and gerund of plod

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