Synonyms of sweats blood

sweats blood

phrase

present tense third-person singular of sweat blood

1

as in struggles

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

• struggles
• labors
• strives
• works
• endeavors
• slaves
• pegs (away)
• sweats
• beavers (away)
• bangs away
• digs (away)
• tries
• tugs
• toils
• grubs
• plows
• buckles (down)
• travails
• humps
• moils
• plugs
• drudges
• hustles
• strains
• fags
• pitches in
• hammers (away)
• applies (oneself)
• plods
• knuckles down
• attacks
• grinds (out)
• slogs
• digs in
• essays
• exercises
• scratches
• overexerts
• exerts
• drives
• ekes out
• wades
• overworks
• puts out
• trudges
• scrabbles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eases (up)
• slacks (off)
• breaks
• slackens
• hangs (around or out)
• lets up
• goldbricks
• goofs (off)
• chills
• bums
• hacks (around)
• lounges
• rests
• lazes
• loafs
• shirks
• idles
• footles
• dillydallies
• dallies
• relaxes
• plays
• potters (around)
• reposes
• veges out
• fribbles
• hangs
• unwinds
• lolls
• vegges out
• basks
• monkeys (around)
• fools around
• goofs (around)
• messes around
• hangs about
• doodles
• trifles
• putters (around)
• dabbles

2

as in worries

to experience concern or anxiety

He was sweating blood back stage waiting for the show to begin.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• worries
• fears
• troubles
• cares a hang
• stresses
• frets
• stews
• sweats
• gives a hang
• bothers
• pines
• fusses
• agonizes
• longs
• yearns
• despairs
• chafes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepts
• takes
• bears
• sustains
• stomachs
• endures
• tolerates
• abides
• sticks out