SWEATING Synonyms: 152 Similar and Opposite Words

sweating

verb

present participle of sweat

as in laboring

to devote serious and sustained effort spent the afternoon sweating over her tax returns

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as in worrying

to experience concern or anxiety don't sweat over getting the application in a day late, as it probably doesn't matter

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as in dripping

to flow forth slowly through small openings the oil coat may sweat through this varnish

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as in interrogating

slang to put a series of questions to the narcotics squad tried sweating the mule, but he was genuinely clueless about the inner workings of the drug operation

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Recent Examples of sweating Brad Idzik’s earliest football memories were sweating in the metal bleachers at the old Tampa Stadium when his dad was the Buccaneers’ coordinator of football administration. — Joseph Person, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026 Suede is also extremely breathable, keeping feet from sweating while working hard. — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2026 The upper features mesh paneling which creates airflow pockets to keep your feet from sweating during workouts, too. — Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 6 Sep. 2026 Adam had been sweating in the overheated house for days, stressing his heart. — Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026 The air was already at blood heat outside, and the men were sweating freely. — Helen Simpson, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026 Heat cramps typically occur after exerting yourself in the heat and sweating a lot. — Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 29 Aug. 2026 Cool mornings turn into hot days, which turn into chilly evenings, leaving you sweating, shivering, or both. — Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2026 So hot that the guy in the brown wig was visibly sweating through his sleeveless jean jacket. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 18 Aug. 2026

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While practicing for a sixth straight day, laboring in a heat index pushing 90 degrees, the Chiefs were bound to be a bit ill-mannered.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026
Complicated births that require, for example, extended time laboring will now be differentiated and might cost more, while uncomplicated births will cost less.

— Camille A. Clare, STAT, 23 July 2026

Definition of laboring

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For Frankfurt, as for Murdoch, the work of being human involves interrogating the motives and assumptions that guide our actions, asking whether our desires are truly desirable.

— Meghan O’Gieblyn, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Fielder and Oppenheim have created a fascinating portrait of a relationship, decimating notions of objectivity in documentary while also interrogating the limits of fiction.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of interrogating

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Its interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former al-Qa’eda militant who led the rebel offensive that overthrew dictator Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, has been struggling to rebuild a nation devastated by almost 14 years of civil war.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 Sep. 2026
Teachers and students are struggling to parse the difference between deploying AI effectively and exploiting the technology to cheat.

— Sian Leah Beilock, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of struggling

Verb

Considered from one angle, the movie is superficial and conventional, zipping heedlessly between the characters without fretting about point of view, creating scenes that don’t so much illuminate characters as simply push the story along.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2026
Room for Disagreement Left-wing Democrats are still fretting that party leaders won’t give voters concrete, populist policies.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of fretting

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The character is a man of few words, which is understandable after an opening shot of him weeping over a large gravestone with two smaller ones beside it tells us how much he’s lost.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026
Others show adults pouring snakes and cockroaches on weeping kids.

— Jon Christian, Futurism, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of weeping

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McEvoy, who leads Insulet, the maker of the wearable, tubeless Omnipod insulin pump, said designing better technology requires understanding the details of patients’ days—not simply examining their clinical data.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
Lamming’s review looked at more than 350 studies in total, most of which were conducted in mice and other lab models, examining things like lifespan, metabolic health, and cellular aging.

— Jennifer Byrne, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026