Synonyms of fagging

fagging

verb

present participle of fag

1

as in struggling

to devote serious and sustained effort

the road crew fagged mightily to move the boulder out of the way

Synonyms & Similar Words

• struggling
• laboring
• striving
• working
• trying
• endeavoring
• sweating
• tugging
• slaving
• grubbing
• humping
• toiling
• hustling
• plowing
• drudging
• slogging
• digging (away)
• plodding
• plugging
• straining
• moiling
• pegging (away)
• banging away
• travailing
• attacking
• beavering (away)
• applying (oneself)
• sweating blood
• exercising
• exerting
• buckling (down)
• hammering (away)
• scratching
• driving
• essaying
• pitching in
• digging in
• overworking
• trudging
• wading
• overexerting
• grinding (out)
• knuckling down
• scrabbling
• eking out
• putting out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breaking
• slackening
• loafing
• idling
• easing (up)
• bumming
• lounging
• chilling
• shirking
• hanging (around or out)
• letting up
• dallying
• resting
• lazing
• relaxing
• playing
• hacking (around)
• unwinding
• hanging
• slacking (off)
• lolling
• goofing (off)
• basking
• goldbricking
• trifling
• reposing
• footling
• dillydallying
• dabbling
• doodling
• fooling around
• messing around
• vegging out
• goofing (around)
• puttering (around)
• hanging about
• monkeying (around)
• pottering (around)
• fribbling

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• breaking
• slackening
• loafing
• idling
• easing (up)
• bumming
• lounging
• chilling
• shirking
• hanging (around or out)
• letting up
• dallying
• resting
• lazing
• relaxing
• playing
• hacking (around)
• unwinding
• hanging
• slacking (off)
• lolling
• goofing (off)
• basking
• goldbricking
• trifling
• reposing
• footling
• dillydallying
• dabbling
• doodling
• fooling around
• messing around
• vegging out
• goofing (around)
• puttering (around)
• hanging about
• monkeying (around)
• pottering (around)
• fribbling

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2

as in wearing

to use up all the physical energy of

the long hike up the mountain had fagged us out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wearing
• tiring
• killing
• exhausting
• draining
• busting
• harassing
• wearying
• wasting
• breaking
• fatiguing
• burning out
• knocking out
• wearing out
• washing out
• weakening
• frazzling
• doing in
• outwearing
• doing up
• enfeebling
• enervating
• sapping
• debilitating
• tuckering (out)
• wearing to a frazzle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strengthening
• activating
• invigorating
• energizing
• resting
• relaxing
• rejuvenating
• vitalizing
• unwinding

• strengthening
• activating
• invigorating
• energizing
• resting
• relaxing
• rejuvenating
• vitalizing
• unwinding

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