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sweat

/swɛt/noun, verb1 syllable

Sweat means: agitation resulting from active worry.

Synonyms for sweat17

noun, as in agitation resulting from active worry

fret, stew, lather, swither

noun, as in use of physical or mental energy; hard work

effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail

noun, as in salty fluid secreted by sweat glands

perspiration, sudor

verb, as in excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin

sudate, perspire

also used for sweat

slave, slog, tryhard, bleed, worry

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What does sweat mean?5

noun

1

agitation resulting from active worry“don't get in a stew”

2

use of physical or mental energy; hard work“he got an A for effort”

3

salty fluid secreted by sweat glands“sweat poured off his brow”

4

condensation of moisture on a cold surface“the cold glasses were streaked with sweat”

verb

1

excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin“Exercise makes one sweat”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with sweat?34

three syllables

cigarette
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All 34 rhymes for sweat, grouped by syllable

Sweat in a sentence

  • Their grace comes from hard work, sweat, and pain.unknown
  • I woke up, trembling and drenched in cold sweat.Scott
  • I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.jerom
  • To put it bluntly, your sweat smells awful._undertoad
  • It was tough, but worth every drop of sweat.marcelostockle
  • It took a lot of time, blood, sweat and tears to clean it.corvard
  • Another, less polite, word for perspiration is sweat.patgfisher
  • On hot days, sweat helps regulate the temperature of the body.AlanF_US

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Forms of sweat

as a noun

plural
sweats

as a verb

past tense
sweated
present participle
sweating
third-person singular
sweats
past participle
sweated