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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