SWEATING Synonyms: 152 Similar and Opposite Words

sweating

verb

Definition of sweating next

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 Seventy-five percent are sweating safe, affordable energy. —

Tracy Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2026 That means celebrating with family and friends, sweating through outdoor ceremonies that may have been better held inside, inspirational graduation speeches, and in a lot of cases, the beginning of the job hunt. —

Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026 To be sweating on the results of others and nervously looking over their shoulder — and from fifth place — at this stage of a season is embarrassing enough for Liverpool. —

Gregg Evans, New York Times, 20 May 2026 The actress then moved into strength training, filming herself lifting dumbbells while visibly sweating through the workout. —

Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026 The idea of soaking and sweating together is hardly new. —

Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 May 2026 Back in the late ’90s, the Federal Reserve (and everyone else) was sweating a potential Y2K calamity. —

Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 13 May 2026 This is because sweating before a deodorant has had time to penetrate and clog the pores limits its effectiveness. —

Bestreviews, Mercury News, 13 May 2026 And there Katherine spent several days hiking through pine and oak trees, refueling with Swedish meatballs and, of course, sweating it all out in the many saunas or saunas. —

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With evacuation shelters reaching capacity as more than 40,000 people were asked to leave their homes, officials laboring to prevent an explosion at a crippled chemical tank in Garden Grove reported tentative progress Sunday in ending the crisis.

— Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
Makar has played in every game this postseason, but was clearly laboring in Game 5 against the Minnesota Wild.

— Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 20 May 2026