drag
n. countablen. something that is boring, annoying, or slows you down. You might say 'What a drag!' when you have to do something you don't want to do.
n. A tedious, boring, or annoying person, task, or situation. This sense is informal in register.
Doing homework on a sunny day is a drag.
It's such a drag having to commute for two hours every single day.
While he appreciated the necessity of the weekly status meetings, their repetitive and unproductive nature was an undeniable drag on his morale and creativity.
From Middle English draggen (“to drag”), early Middle English dragen (“to draw, carry”), confluence of Old English dragan (“to drag, draw, draw oneself, go, protract”) and Old Norse draga (“to draw, attract”); both from Proto-Germanic draganą (“to draw, drag”), from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- (“to draw, drag”). Verb sense influenced due to association with the noun drag (“that which is hauled or dragged”), related to Low German dragge (“a drag-anchor, grapnel”). Cognate with Danish drægge (“to dredge”), Danish drage (“to draw, attract”), Swedish dragga (“to drag, drag anchor, sweep”), Swedish draga (“to draw, go”), Icelandic draga (“to drag, pull”). Doublet of draw.
Possibly from English drag (“to pull along a surface”) because of the sensation of long skirts trailing on the floor, or from Yiddish טראָגן (trogn, “to wear”)