SWEAT


Meaning of SWEAT in English

n. 25B6; noun

he was drenched with sweat : PERSPIRATION, moisture, dampness, wetness; Medicine diaphoresis, hidrosis.

(informal) he got into such a sweat about that girl : FLUSTER, panic, frenzy, fever, pother; informal state, flap, tizzy, dither, stew, lather; N. Amer. informal twit.

(informal) the sweat of the working classes : LABOUR, hard work, toil(s), effort(s), exertion(s), industry, drudgery, slog; informal graft, grind, elbow grease.

sudatory.

25B6; verb

she was sweating heavily : PERSPIRE, swelter, glow; be damp, be wet; secrete.

I've sweated over this for six months : WORK (HARD), work like a Trojan, labour, toil, slog, slave, work one's fingers to the bone; informal graft, plug away; archaic drudge.

(N. Amer. informal) I sweated over my mistakes : WORRY, agonize, fuss, panic, fret, dither, lose sleep; informal be on pins and needles, be in a state, be in a flap, be in a stew, torture oneself, torment oneself.

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