Antonyms for sweat out
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : swet |
Phonetic Transcription : swɛt |
- abandon
- advance
- aid
- answer
- appease
- assist
- be happy
- break
- calm
- carry on
- comfort
- complete
- contradict
- damage
- delight
- depart
- depress
- despair
- destroy
- disagree
- disallow
- disapprove
- disbelieve
- discontinue
- disregard
- distrust
- doubt
- fear
- fight
- finish
- forget
- forsake
- go
- halt
- harm
- help
- hurry
- hurt
- ignore
- injure
- know
- leave
- let down
- let go
- make happy
- move
- neglect
- not worry
- oppose
- order
- pacify
- placate
- please
- push
- reassure
- refuse
- reject
- release
- reply
- ruin
- rush
- soothe
- spoil
- stop
- support
- weaken
- worsen
Definition of sweat out
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.
- As in interrogate : verb ask pointed questions
- As in await : verb wait with expectation
- As in stay : verb wait
- As in support : verb endure
- As in worry : verb be or make anxious, troubled
- As in brood : verb agonize over
- As in cure : verb heal, ease bad situation
- As in fret : verb worry, be annoyed
- As in hope : verb long for, dream about
- Such exertion, in the stagnant heat, brought the sweat out on all of them.
- Extract from : « A Son Of The Sun » by Jack London
- It comes from some wash above, or it may sweat out of the rock itself.
- Extract from : « The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon » by Wyn Roosevelt
- Just short of the top Bill halted, and wiped the sweat out of his eyes.
- Extract from : « North of Fifty-Three » by Bertrand W. Sinclair
- He set down the receiver, shook the sweat out of his eyes, and sank on to a stool.
- Extract from : « Berry And Co. » by Dornford Yates
- Blaney dropped limply into a gaudy rocking-chair and with a dirty handkerchief mopped the sweat out of his eyes.
- Extract from : « The Short Line War » by Samuel Merwin
- Laboriously enough I dragged it in, halting often to pant and wipe the sweat out of my eyes with my forearm.
- Extract from : « The Portal of Dreams » by Charles Neville Buck
- Come, let us go out and fence a bit in the garden, and sweat out too much Madeira.
- Extract from : « The Red City » by S. Weir Mitchell
- It was not all fun for the drilled, for the driller seemed determined to get the last drop of sweat out of them.
- Extract from : « Diary of an Enlisted Man » by Lawrence Van Alstyne
- Shaking the sweat out of his eyes, Conan stared blankly at the familiar terrain.
- Extract from : « A Witch Shall Be Born » by Robert E. Howard
- The men soberly fixed their horse-lines, and rolled over to sweat out the trials of the heat until sundown.
- Extract from : « On the Heels of De Wet » by The Intelligence Officer
Synonyms for sweat out
- abide
- afflict
- affront
- aggrieve
- agonize
- ail
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- anguish
- annoy
- anticipate
- aspire
- assume
- attack
- attend
- await
- be in brown study
- be prepared for
- be ready for
- be sure of
- bear
- bear with
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- believe
- beset
- better
- bide
- bite one's nails
- bleed
- bother
- brood
- brook
- bug
- bunk
- carp
- carry a heavy load
- carry on
- catechize
- chafe
- chafe inwardly
- chagrin
- cherish
- cold turkey
- concern oneself
- consider
- contemplate
- continue
- cool one's heels
- correct
- count on
- countenance
- cross-examine
- cross-question
- dally
- daydream
- deem likely
- delay
- deliberate
- depend on
- depress
- desire
- despair
- despond
- disquiet
- distress
- distress oneself
- disturb
- doctor
- dose
- dream
- dress
- dry out
- dun
- dwell upon
- eat one's heart out
- endure
- establish oneself
- examine
- expect
- feel confident
- feel uneasy
- foresee
- fret
- fume
- fuss
- get into a dither
- give the third degree
- gloom
- gnaw at
- go
- go for
- go over
- go through
- goad
- grieve
- grill
- halt
- handle
- hang
- hang about
- hang around
- hang in
- hang out
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- have faith
- have qualms
- hector
- help
- hold
- hold the fort
- hope
- hover
- importune
- improve
- inquire
- investigate
- irritate
- keep fingers crossed
- keep up
- kick
- kick the habit
- knock on wood
- lag
- lament
- languish
- last
- linger
- live with
- loiter
- look at sunny side
- look for
- look forward to
- lose sleep over
- maintain
- make better
- make healthy
- make whole
- medicate
- meditate
- mend
- minister to
- mope
- mull over
- muse
- needle
- nest
- nurse
- oppress
- outstay
- palliate
- pause
- perch
- persecute
- perturb
- pester
- plague
- ponder
- pother
- pray
- presume
- procrastinate
- promise oneself
- pump
- put down roots
- put the screws to
- put through the wringer
- put up with
- query
- question
- quit cold
- quiz
- rectify
- redress
- reflect
- rehabilitate
- relieve
- rely
- remain
- remedy
- repair
- repine
- reprieve
- reside
- respite
- restore
- restore to health
- right
- roast
- roost
- ruminate
- settle
- shake
- sigh
- sit tight
- sojourn
- speculate
- squat
- stand
- stand for
- stay
- stay out
- stay put
- stay the course
- stew
- stew over
- stick around
- stick it out
- stomach
- stop
- submit
- suffer
- sulk
- suppose
- surmise
- suspect
- swallow
- sweat
- sweat it
- sweat it out
- sweat out
- sweat over
- take
- take heart
- take on
- tantalize
- tarry
- tear
- tease
- test
- think about
- think to
- think upon
- tolerate
- torment
- torture
- treat
- trouble
- trust
- try
- undergo
- unsettle
- upset
- upset oneself
- vex
- wait out
- watch for
- wince
- wish
- work over
- worry
- writhe
- wrong
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