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 Historically, the industry relied on evaporative cooling, essentially sweating away millions of gallons of water to reject heat into the atmosphere. — Kevin Brown, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 McKinley stages a few bullet-sweating sequences of peril, including a particularly brutal transport of gold bars across a crumbling rope bridge and an underwater accident exacerbated by floating logs. — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 Regardless, Hali Borenstein, chief executive officer, isn’t sweating the short-term and is focused on continuing along the path that brought Reformation to Wall Street in the first place. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026 Corn fields sweating their way into sweetness could make the air hotter and more humid. — Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026 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 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 resulting condensation from sweating pipes can drip and lead to the growth of mold in surrounding areas, including within the walls. — Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 30 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweating

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McNeely’s portrait of a laboring mother, swathed in glowing fields of chartreuse, outshines (again, literally) art history’s greats.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
In line with the great tech selloff over AI spending fears, Capgemini’s share price has been laboring.

— Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of laboring

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Read more here from CNBC's Sean Conlon on what's worrying traders even as the market surges.

— Sean Conlon,Jenni Reid,Justina Lee,Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
In her interview with LaFrance, Swisher also discussed the economic implications of the AI race, who is likely to win, and how Americans can respond to this dizzying and worrying AI moment.

— Victoria Feng, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of worrying

Verb

In a twist on tailoring, jackets dripping with fringe made their way down the runway at Monse.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Zendaya, who was a nominee for her powerful performance on the HBO drama Euphoria, wore a glamorous Prada gown dripping with crystals that was styled by Law Roach.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of dripping

Verb

The previous investigations were stalled because Haitian judges kept resigning from the case, fearing for their lives, and gangs seized control of the downtown Port-au-Prince courthouse where the judges were interrogating suspects.

— EVENS SANON, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of interrogating

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The film followed the trials of a struggling keyboardist who gets hold of a magical synthesizer, only to lose it and embark on a picaresque journey to get it back.

— Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
In other words, Yemen and the Houthis may seem like yet another distant problem to Americans, many of whom are understandably fatigued by foreign interventions, and struggling with a spiraling cost of living.

— Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 24 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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Playing a raging narcissist intoxicated with her own vocal calisthenics, Scherzinger gets one of the movie’s rare amusing moments, warbling in airy Mariah Carey melisma style even while weeping.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of weeping

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My research provides a foundation for examining the internal architecture governing how pressure is processed before its effects become visible through decisions and behavior.

— Dr Natalie Callis, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Meanwhile, studies in rats examining magnetic fields and bone density have produced inconsistent results, with some finding weaker bones and others finding no effect at all.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026