SLOGGED Synonyms: 294 Similar and Opposite Words

slogged

verb

past tense of slog

as in smacked

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner the two boxers were so exhausted they just slogged each other indiscriminately

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as in labored

to devote serious and sustained effort slogging their way through a pile of paperwork

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as in pounded

to strike repeatedly the feisty woman was still slogging her would-be attacker when the police arrived

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as in shuffled

to move heavily or clumsily Gramps never tired of telling how he had to slog through the snow in order to get to school

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Recent Examples of slogged Tropical Storm Bertha slogged toward the Gulf Coast, forecasters from the National Hurricane Center said, remaining on track to bring heavy rain, storm surge and gusty winds to several states in the area. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 21 July 2026 Connelly Early slogged his way through 6 1/3 innings in his team-leading 12th start of the season. — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026 On the other side of the Hudson, New Jersey Transit slogged through a three-day strike last year in a fight also predicated on wages. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 15 May 2026 The Broncos slogged through two TNF games last year, and took a defense-wins-championships mentality in both. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 14 May 2026 Competing with the defending champions, who will be rested while the Warriors have slogged through two high-stakes games, will be a tough challenge. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026 As the search slogged through its fourth day, much remained murky. — New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026 As several opponents improved at understanding them, however, the new-look Wave saw their goal-scoring flow dwindle to a trickle, if that, as the season slogged on. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025 As one week of lockdown slogged into the next, Lia, a straight-A student, struggled through that chaotic, ever-unmuted, camera-off Zoom version of school. — Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slogged

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The Tampa Bay Rays third baseman smacked a 463-foot whopper late last month.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 July 2026
Almost two years ago, China’s east coast was smacked by one of the strongest storms in decades, which temporarily halted container operations at both Shanghai and Ningbo ports.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 8 July 2026

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The former offices of the saltpeter mines, which produced the main ingredients used in gunpowder and fertilizer, evoke the past, when thousands of people labored at processing caliche, a nitrate-bearing rock.

— Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
That doesn’t mean the subscription businesses that media companies labored to build will collapse, Cohen said.

— Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of labored

Verb

In IconArrows pointing outwards RANDOM, BUT INTERESTING Russia’s energy infrastructure continues to get pounded by Ukrainian drones.

— Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Heavy rain pounded Kerrville early Thursday, July 16, as the National Weather Service warned of catastrophic flash flooding in parts of Texas Hill Country.

— Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 16 July 2026

Definition of pounded

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Runners advanced on a sacrifice bunt from Drew Cavanhaugh, and Luis Arraez knocked the game’s first run across with a sacrifice fly to center.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
The figure knocked, appeared to exchange words with someone at the door and was then allowed inside.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of knocked

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The 17 passengers and crew who lived told investigators everyone survived the landing, but many passengers struggled to locate life vests and the crew had a difficult time pulling out life rafts.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
Brayden Burries, Bucks While most of the vaunted crop of rookie guards from the NCAA ranks struggled, Burries was a glaring exception.

— John Hollinger, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of struggled

Verb

Grande licked one of them, and fans were immediately outraged by the moment.

— Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 16 July 2026
As flames licked at the fabric and smoke curled toward the ceiling, an overcapacity crowd of more than 1,800 panicked, rushing for the exits and jamming against doors that opened inward.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026

Definition of licked

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Lundgren got out from the driver’s side of the vehicle, stumbled across the opposing lane of traffic, and leaped over the side of the bridge into Table Rock Lake below, the sheriff said.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 22 July 2026
Evans stumbled into it and is still visibly working out what to do with it.

— Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026