A word which means something boring that you can not avoid but have to do it on some time intervals

asked about term for unpleasant unavoidable work and tedious is perfect match.

Which word can be used to describe angry feeling because you should do tedious work (like single mother takes care of 5 children or pure emigrant works at low paid fast food restaurant and they ask God why they are so unlucky)?

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    Angry might be just the word. Search online for "synonyms angry". People might feel anger in different ways or intensities. You would need to describe a person's experience in more detail for us to suggest a better word. Also look up irritated and annoyed. This question is probably not right for our website, because it is too broad, and you should be able to find it on your own. If your research gives you some ideas, and you still have questions, you could change this question, tell us what you found, and what questions you still have. – Jim Reynolds Sep 8 '16 at 16:12
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    Not looking forward to X might work if you don't mean angry in the hot-headed yelling screaming sense. – LawrenceC Sep 8 '16 at 16:49
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    ungrateful might work – Alan Carmack Sep 8 '16 at 20:18
  • 'Victim culture' means seven out of ten feel oppressed. – FumbleFingers Sep 8 '16 at 20:37

embittered : meaning that the person has been made resentful because of the circumstances or their bad luck.

disgruntled : also means resentful, discontented or aggrieved because they have been treated unfairly or unjustly.

grudging (begrudging) : means an attitude of ill-feeling or resentment resulting from a past insult or injury.

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    Please edit to include an explanation of why this is correct; answers without explanation do not teach the patterns of the language well. – Nathan Tuggy Sep 8 '16 at 18:44
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    As opposed to all the explanation and citations in this answer, @NathanTuggy? – Alan Carmack Sep 9 '16 at 1:31
  • @AlanCarmack : In fairness, I added definitions after NT's comment. But the down-votes don't seem justified in comparison with TRomano's answer. – sammy gerbil Sep 9 '16 at 1:38
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    @AlanCarmack: I was working within review, so TRomano's answer didn't happen to show up at the time. Otherwise I would probably have left a similar comment or perhaps just recommended deletion. – Nathan Tuggy Sep 9 '16 at 2:11
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    Do we really need to "support" a word recommendation when the meaning of the word (previously unknown to the non-native speaker) can be looked up in any dictionary? Really? – Tᴚoɯɐuo Sep 9 '16 at 18:30

I'm not sure you're going to get anything more tailored than indignant:

adjective: feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.


Resentment would be another possibility.

As in

Let's see how much resentment one can create by comparing anonymous downvoters to soldier ants. We will judge the aggregate resentment by the negative points ticker.

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    @TRomano This is uncharacteristically terse. I'll bet you meant this as a comment. – P. E. Dant Sep 9 '16 at 3:10
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    I happen to like terse. Either the word is or isn't apt. – Tᴚoɯɐuo Sep 9 '16 at 9:16



Not feeling or showing gratitude


Life is about perspective. I guess they could quit work and go live on the street or somewhere worse. Count your blessings. There are always people who have it worse off than you.

  • Ungrateful? Are you being sarcastic?? – sammy gerbil Sep 9 '16 at 1:41
  • Sigh. Here we go. Nope, but this is just as good a word as any to cover the situation laid out in the question. Sometimes people should count their blessings and be grateful for each opportunity. Millions of immigrants and thousands of single mothers have done these types of jobs without complaining. And what of the middle class person who sells his soul to a company doing tedious work for 20-30 years? Same difference. – Alan Carmack Sep 9 '16 at 1:51
  • This is a site to teach people English, not proselytize a political view. I have no interest in starting a flame war; someone asked for a word that fit their example, not your editorial. – noah Sep 9 '16 at 15:22
  • @noah this is not a political view. it answers the exact question asked, People who are angry about having to do "tediious" work feel ingratitiude. – Alan Carmack Sep 9 '16 at 19:40

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