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 The Tar Heels slogged to a forgettable 4-8 mark in Belichick’s initial year in Chapel Hill. — Eddie Timanus, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 The Lakers slogged through a six-year playoff drought from 2013-19. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 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

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Brady House smacked a three-run homer, Jackson Kent pitched seven innings of one-run ball to earn his first major league win and the Washington Nationals beat the visiting Miami Marlins 9-2 on Friday.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
In last fall’s season-opener, the Irish smacked Chicago Christian 47-6.

— Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

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Russia pounded Kyiv for more than 12 hours in a sixth straight night of attacks, killing at least 12 people including six railway workers and an Indian citizen, and devastating civilian districts.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Floods of ‘destructive force’ blast through the canyon As the rain pounded the canyon Saturday, park officials received an alert from the National Weather Service warning of flash flooding in the area.

— Holly Yan, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of pounded

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In the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, many studios either shuffled their product directly to streaming or waited a mere 17 days for their films to become available to buy or rent at home.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
For nearly a year and a half, he was shuffled around detention centers in Texas, Arizona, Louisiana and Florida, until arriving in the Alexandria International Airport in mid-August.

— Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of shuffled

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The 23-year-old struggled in the defeat to Argentina before adding his seventh of the tournament against France in the third-place play-off.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
His 81-year-old partner has struggled without Vela Gonzalez, her primary caretaker.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of struggled

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Tuxedo kitten Paolina bounced onto my chest and licked my fingers.

— Solvej Schou, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Her entire face got licked clean off her head when suburban floodwaters breached the cardboard hull protecting Kath’s basement memorabilia stack a few months before I was born.

— Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of licked

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While Mayfield is 3-0 in Week 1 since coming to Tampa Bay in 2023, Burrow and the Bengals have often stumbled out of the gate.

— Joe Reedy, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
On this day in 1940, four teenage boys stumbled upon one of the world’s most significant archaeological finds—through a fox’s den, 50 feet down to an underground passageway, and into a network of caves.

— Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 10, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Sep. 2026