sweating blood
phrase
1
as in laboring
to devote serious and sustained effort They sweat blood over that house for months but it was worth it in the end. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- laboring
- struggling
- banging away
- working
- pegging (away)
- striving
- beavering (away)
- digging (away)
- sweating
- trying
- pitching in
- plowing
- tugging
- grubbing
- humping
- toiling
- hustling
- digging in
- knuckling down
- slaving
- endeavoring
- drudging
- travailing
- plugging
- buckling (down)
- moiling
- eking out
- fagging
- hammering (away)
- straining
- plodding
- slogging
- applying (oneself)
- attacking
- grinding (out)
- putting out
- scratching
- driving
- exercising
- exerting
- essaying
- overworking
- wading
- overexerting
- scrabbling
- trudging
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- easing (up)
- letting up
- hanging (around or out)
- hacking (around)
- slacking (off)
- goofing (off)
- breaking
- slackening
- chilling
- idling
- vegging out
- lounging
- loafing
- resting
- shirking
- relaxing
- lazing
- fooling around
- dillydallying
- dallying
- bumming
- goofing (around)
- pottering (around)
- hanging about
- puttering (around)
- footling
- messing around
- basking
- unwinding
- lolling
- playing
- hanging
- monkeying (around)
- reposing
- trifling
- goldbricking
- doodling
- dabbling
- fribbling
2
as in worrying
to experience concern or anxiety He was sweating blood back stage waiting for the show to begin. Synonyms & Similar Words
- worrying
- caring a hang
- fearing
- giving a hang
- fretting
- sweating
- stressing
- troubling
- stewing
- bothering
- fussing
- longing
- agonizing
- yearning
- pining
- despairing
- chafing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- accepting
- sticking out
- taking
- enduring
- bearing
- sustaining
- abiding
- tolerating
- stomaching