Synonyms of grind (down)

grind (down)

verb

as in to overwhelm

to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress

the workers are being ground down by the long work hours which leave them little time for anything else

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overwhelm
• overcome
• devastate
• crush
• snow under
• floor
• oppress
• swamp
• overpower
• prostrate
• rock
• disturb
• overmaster
• drown
• defeat
• whelm
• upset
• sink
• refute
• distress
• throw
• shatter
• deluge
• stagger
• demoralize
• confute
• break
• unnerve
• unman