Trudge — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a long difficult walk

walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tɹˈʌdʒ/

🇬🇧British English

/tɹˈʌdʒ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tɹˈʌdʒ/

1 syllable Say it as /tɹˈʌdʒ/.

Examples

Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

slog footslog plod pad tramp

Parts of Speech

noun	a long difficult walk
verb	walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud “Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone”

Word Forms

trudge	verb	walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
footslogger	noun	fights on foot with small arms
plodder	noun	someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours
plodding	noun	the act of walking with a slow heavy gait
trudge	noun	a long difficult walk
trudger	noun	someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner
pad	noun	the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger
tramper	noun	someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

stapfen

ein langer, schwieriger Spaziergang

🇫🇷French

marche pénible

une longue marche difficile

🇪🇸Spanish

caminar penosamente

una caminata larga y difícil

🇮🇹Italian

arrancare

una lunga camminata difficile

🇳🇱Dutch

sjokken

een lange, moeilijke wandeling

🇵🇹Portuguese

marchar

uma caminhada longa e difícil

🇷🇺Russian

тащиться

долгая трудная прогулка

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पैदल चलना

एक लंबी कठिन यात्रा

🇧🇩Bengali

ট্রাজ

একটি দীর্ঘ কঠিন হাঁটা

🇮🇳Tamil

ட்ரட்ஜ்

ஒரு நீண்ட கடினமான நடை

🇮🇳Telugu

త్రాడు

సుదీర్ఘ కష్టమైన నడక

🇮🇳Marathi

ट्रज

एक लांब कठीण चाल

🇮🇳Gujarati

ટ્રજ

લાંબી મુશ્કેલ ચાલ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಟ್ರಡ್ಜ್

ದೀರ್ಘ ಕಷ್ಟದ ನಡಿಗೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ട്രഡ്ജ്

ഒരു നീണ്ട ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുള്ള നടത്തം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਟਰਜ

ਇੱਕ ਲੰਬੀ ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ ਸੈਰ

🇵🇰Urdu

ٹرج

ایک طویل مشکل چہل قدمی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

跋涉

漫长而艰难的步行

🇯🇵Japanese

とぼとぼと歩く

長くて困難な散歩

🇰🇷Korean

터벅터벅 걷다

길고 힘든 산책

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lê lết

một chuyến đi dài khó khăn

🇹🇭Thai

ย่ำยี

การเดินที่ยากลำบากเป็นเวลานาน

🇮🇩Indonesian

berjalan dgn lesu

perjalanan panjang yang sulit

🇵🇭Filipino

maglakad-lakad

isang mahabang mahirap na paglalakad

🇲🇾Malay

berjalan beriringan

berjalan kaki yang panjang dan sukar

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مجهود

مسيرة طويلة صعبة

🇮🇷Persian

رد کردن

یک پیاده روی سخت طولانی

🇹🇷Turkish

zorla yürümek

uzun ve zorlu bir yürüyüş

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְדַשׁדֵשׁ

הליכה ארוכה וקשה

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