Antonyms for sweat

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : swet

Phonetic Transcription : swɛt

Definition of sweat

Origin : Old English swætan "perspire, work hard," from the source of sweat (n.). Meaning "to be worried, vexed" is recorded from c.1400. Related: Sweated; sweating. Colloquial no sweat "no problem" attested from 1963.

noun body's perspiring
noun hard work
verb perspire
verb worry about; bear

Example sentences :

The sweat glistened on their bodies, but their eyes gleamed fanatically.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

Great beads of sweat stood on his brow and he wiped them away with his sleeve.
Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

Then I saw a bead of sweat trickle down his forehead, and I knew that he was beaten.
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

It was terrible work, like earning a living with the sweat of the brow.
Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

The sweat oozed from his shiny forehead as he backed cautiously away.
Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner

In this manner they fill their whole house with tobacco, and leave it to sweat and dry.
Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz

The sweat had curled Mukhorty's coat between his legs and on his neck.
Extract from : « Master and Man » by Leo Tolstoy

Then he sunk down in a chair all limp and sick like, and wiped the sweat off of his face.
Extract from : « Tom Sawyer, Detective » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Then we went down, being in a sweat to know what the letter said.
Extract from : « Tom Sawyer, Detective » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Our agriculture is precarious, and 27 every carrot is bought by the sweat of our brow.
Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby

Synonyms for sweat

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