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What is another word for
overworking
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Present participle for to oppressively cause someone or something to do too much work
Present participle for to work (oneself) overly hard
Present participle for to drive or work to exhaustion
Present participle for to exaggerate or be dramatic in one's expression or behavior
Present participle for to apply great and continuous effort towards work, a task, or a goal
Present participle for to treat someone badly, cruelly or unkindly
Present participle for to pay someone less than the value of their work
Present participle for dwell on
Present participle for to damage, erode, or destroy by friction or use
Present participle for to work hard and for long hours, especially till late at night or the early hours of the morning
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Present participle for to oppressively cause someone or something to do too much work
burdening
exploiting
oppressing
overtaxing
driving
overburdening
sweating
taxing
wearing out
driving too hard
imposing on
driving into the ground
putting upon
straining
pushing
overloading
exerting
overexerting
stretching
exhausting
overstraining
overtasking
trying
testing
loading
pressuring
tiring
overextending
overstretching
tasking
stressing
overusing
fatiguing
overdoing it
forcing
working
flogging
abusing
imposing excessive strain on
draining
sapping
challenging
enervating
emptying
making demands on
putting a strain on
making heavy demands on
putting pressure on
preying on
weighing heavily on
pushing too far
pressing hard on
extending
overreaching
encumbering
racking
charging
saddling
weakening
distending
lading
lumbering
wrenching
tensing
knackering
weighing
entrusting
tightening
wearying
exerting excessively
driving too far
exerting to the limit
knocking oneself out
working too hard
pushing to the limit
working oneself into the ground
running yourself into the ground
making too many demands on
overstressing
overfilling
overwhelming
overdoing
overcharging
surfeiting
freighting
weighting
embarrassing
retarding
obstructing
trammelling
trammeling
weighing down
going too far
biting off more than you can chew
more ❯
“In Jerry's opinion, the government has to put up disciplinary measures against employers who abuse and
overwork
their staff.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to work (oneself) overly hard
overstraining
overextending
overloading
laboring
US
labouring
UK
overtasking
straining
overdriving
sweating
overtaxing oneself
sweating blood
working too hard
overburdening oneself
overloading oneself
straining yourself
doing too much
working like a horse
working like a slave
working like a Trojan
burning the midnight oil
killing oneself
wearing yourself out
overtiring yourself
working day and night
driving oneself too hard
knocking oneself out
pushing oneself too hard
running yourself into the ground
burning the candle at both ends
overdoing it
wearing oneself to a shadow
working oneself into the ground
biting off more than you can chew
driving oneself into the ground
overstraining yourself
working your fingers to the bone
working one's tail off
practicing presenteeism
overdoing things
overexerting yourself
overburdening
driving oneself
overexerting
having too many irons in the fire
having too many balls in the air
biting off more than one can chew
working yourself to death
“We tend to
overwork
as a means of self-escape, as a way of trying to justify our existence.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to drive or work to exhaustion
exhausting
tiring
fatiguing
wearying
prostrating
overdoing
tiring out
wearing out
draining
frazzling
wearing down
enervating
sapping
overtiring
weakening
pooping
doing in
taking it out of
debilitating
enfeebling
breaking
tuckering
pooping out
petering out
wearing
busting
outwearing
overexerting
overtaxing
killing
overextending
overfatiguing
knackering
shattering
running ragged
conking out
knocking out
washing out
tuckering out
disabling
crippling
taxing
harassing
drawing
bankrupting
sucking dry
jading
bushing
whacking
incapacitating
failing
growing tired
doing up
making tired
wearing to a frazzle
impoverishing
using up
burdening
straining
sinking
devitalizing
plaguing
drowsing
oppressing
fading
flagging
glutting
drooping
weighing
paining
causing ennui
folding
overburdening
overstraining
collapsing
yawning
fainting
putting to sleep
growing weary
going stale
becoming fatigued
getting tired
becoming tired
rooting
running into the ground
wearing oneself to a shadow
wiping out
wearing oneself to a frazzle
nearly killing
etiolating
softening
wasting
depleting
indisposing
undermining
torpefying
making weak
making feeble
laying low
immobilizing
US
paralysing
UK
paralyzing
US
immobilising
UK
impairing
languishing
succumbing
fizzling
emasculating
sapping your strength
putting out of action
handicapping
bedraggling
dropping
sagging
reducing
diminishing
vitiating
attenuating
eviscerating
rendering infirm
sapping the strength of
making weary
shagging out
draining of energy
boring
unnerving
blunting
exasperating
sickening
bonking
disempowering
hitting the wall
disembowelling
UK
exenterating
destroying
disemboweling
US
getting the better of
extenuating
hampering
encumbering
hindering
marring
injuring
hurting
harming
taking
unstrengthening
atrophying
running out of steam
stressing out
becoming drained
becoming exhausted
breaking down
running down
withering
making sleepy
confining to a wheelchair
confining to bed
shrivelling
UK
emaciating
shriveling
US
wearing on
making feebler
removing the sting from
reducing the powers of
depriving of force
shrinking
consuming
gnawing
corroding
hamstringing
ruining
disarming
depressing
wrecking
overthrowing
mowing
defeating
eating away
making powerless
making helpless
making impotent
bringing someone to their knees
bringing low
more ❯
“My mother was always afraid I would
overwork
myself with everything on my plate, but I never did.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to exaggerate or be dramatic in one's expression or behavior
overplaying
exaggerating
overdoing
overemphasising
UK
overemphasizing
US
overstating
dramatising
UK
dramatizing
US
magnifying
overstressing
hyperbolizing
overdrawing
stretching
overpitching
accentuating
overusing
maximising
UK
maximizing
US
overacting
accenting
mugging
laying it on thick
hamming it up
pointing up
blowing out of proportion
getting carried away
laboring at
amplifying
embroidering
overdramatizing
overembellishing
colouring
UK
inflating
embellishing
carrying
blowing up
doing to death
going overboard with
piling on
belabouring
UK
overestimating
camping up
pressuring
overburdening
overvaluing
belaboring
US
puffing
coloring
US
overrating
overloading
fatiguing
hams up
overreaching
putting on
overindulging
hyping
overtiring
overtaxing
running riot
wearing down
straining yourself
driving oneself
making a thing of
talking big
going overboard
making a thing about
pulling the longbow
going too far
wearing yourself out
making a big thing of
making a big thing about
laying it on
making federal case
making a production of
biting off too much
blowing up out of all proportion
running into the ground
laying it on with a trowel
making a mountain out of a molehill
making a production out of
making a big deal out of something
aggrandizing
elaborating
catastrophizing
padding
making too much of something
piling it on
building up
melodramatizing
making a big thing out of
expanding
fudging
enlarging
overselling
heightening
emphasizing
US
boosting
exalting
pyramiding
enhancing
emphasising
UK
overdoing it
stretching the truth
making a federal case of
blowing something out of all proportion
playing up
chewing the scenery
tearing a cat
hamming
acting
intensifying
misrepresenting
misreporting
overexaggerating
fabricating
lying
boasting
bragging
misquoting
hiking
elaborating on
adding colour
bigging up
touching up
laying it on with a shovel
laying on
dwelling on
shooting a line
drawing the longbow
going to extremes
making a drama out of a crisis
drawing the long bow
overstating the case
emoting
emphasizing too much
making a song and dance about
making a fuss
increasing
expressing emotion
giving someone a sob story
augmenting
puffing up
making a mountain out of
pumping up
swelling
extending
escalating
laboring
US
labouring
UK
spreading
filling
widening
surcharging
ballooning
bloating
cramming
overemploying
stressing
overplaying it
harping on
sensationalizing
US
going up
beefing up
fleshing out
driving up
swelling up
overexposing
camping it up
making something out of nothing
laying too much stress on
going on and on about
attaching too much importance to
going over the top about
attaching too much weight to
gilding
abusing
misusing
play-acting
enacting
executing
splashing
dressing up
producing
staging
burlesquing
showing
playacting
presenting
tragedizing
expanding on
performing
sensationalising
UK
playing on heartstrings
giving color to
playing to gallery
making a performance of
playing to the gallery
distorting
falsifying
romanticizing
US
corrupting
upping
caricaturing
scamming
romancing
romanticising
UK
cooking up
prettying up
loud talking
piling it on about
laying it on thick about
laying it on with a trowel about
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to apply great and continuous effort towards work, a task, or a goal
laboring
US
toiling
labouring
UK
striving
struggling
working
drudging
slaving
slogging
straining
sweating
endeavoring
US
moiling
travailing
plodding
grinding
hustling
ploughing
UK
plowing
US
grubbing
endeavouring
UK
plugging
tugging
humping
pushing
grafting
driving
fighting
trudging
lumbering
staggering
grappling
exerting oneself
beavering away
pegging away
working hard
trying hard
making an effort
applying oneself
plugging away
slogging away
banging away
going all out
making every effort
digging away
bending over backwards
sweating blood
doing all one can
working like a Trojan
keeping at it
working like a dog
plodding away
slaving away
leaning over backwards
killing oneself
going for it
grinding away
putting yourself out
bearing down
exerting yourself
pulling out all the stops
falling over backwards
grubbing away
doing your best
breaking one's back
pouring it on
sweating away
pegging along
plugging along
working like a slave
giving it your all
working your fingers to the bone
putting one's back into something
dragging oneself
working oneself to the bone
burning the candle at both ends
knocking oneself out
sparing no effort
busting a gut
going for broke
knuckling down
persevering
trying
giving it your best shot
aiming
hammering away
doing your damnedest
attempting
buckling down
moving heaven and earth
seeking
undertaking
assaying
essaying
persisting
bullocking
doing one's best
breaking your neck
working day and night
making an all-out effort
keeping your nose to the grindstone
rupturing yourself
pushing oneself
making a great effort
doing your utmost
scrambling
venturing
digging deeper
digging deep
battling
keeping your head down
aspiring
having a crack
setting out
applying
going hard
going ham
taking pains
schlepping
hammering
getting your head down
soldiering on
taking on
having a crack at
pushing yourself
having a go
giving your all
jumping through hoops
going for the doctor
taking it on oneself
having a shot
applying yourself
footslogging
trailing
concentrating
drudging away
pegging
wading
getting down to it
skivvying
mucking
exerting
purposing
leaving no stone unturned
showing dedication
showing commitment
jockeying
digging
studying hard
buckling to
having a shot at
making a run at
putting one's back into it
scrabbling
devoting yourself
committing oneself
fighting your way
carrying on
pressing on
ploughing through
working your guts out
making a supreme effort
making effort
getting stuck in
grafting away
having a stab
having a stab at
giving it a burl
giving best shot
working at
having a go at
doing all you can
giving all one's got
giving it a fly
giving it a whirl
breaking sweat
busting chops
driving oneself
working one's butt off
shooting for
going hammer and tongs
working hard to
using some elbow grease
having a bash
working one's socks off
taking care
taking great pains
banging on
suffering
puttering
tending
soldiering
trawling
enduring
vying
campaigning
withstanding
tolling
trying one's hardest
having a swing at
having one's nose to grindstone
performing
pounding
working away
persisting with
persevering with
toiling away
acquiting oneself
keeping on
standing up to
rolling up one's sleeves
shaping up
getting your act together
pulling up one's socks
bellying up to the bar
devoting
trekking
competing
contending
overworking oneself
working very hard
proceeding laboriously
working fingers to bone
giving
committing
going all-out for
sticking with it
putting up a fight against
going to war
keeping nose to grindstone
digging in
pitching in
plodding along
grinding out
killing oneself with
emptying the tank
going the whole nine yards
going all-out
keeping at
going all out for
dedicating
offering
tackling
heading-down
sticking at
driving oneself to the limit
trying very hard
keeping going
chipping away
soldiering on with
keeping on with
traipsing
tramping
addressing
pushing oneself to the limit
straining every nerve
stumbling
applying oneself to
pegging away at
taking a whack at
having at it
embarking on
taking a stab at
making an attempt at
putting to the test
trying out
trying for
going for the jugular
going the limit
bending
directing
trogging
yomping
making an attempt
chipping away at
taking a crack at
making a pass at
lifting a finger
fronting up
making a bid
driving for
going after
going for
vying for
having a whack
bumbling
blundering
floundering
clumping
studying
paying attention
moving with difficulty
putting effort into something
putting in effort
plowing away
putting effort
putting in work
plugging away at
pulling out all stops
giving old college try
putting one's back in it
hitting the ball
putting one's shoulder to the wheel
applying to
battling one's way
sputtering
limping
clambering
toiling away at
diving in
giving it all one has
shinnying
making one's way with difficulty
proceeding with difficulty
working one's way
working through
wheeling
rolling
trundling
rattling
rolling along
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to treat someone badly, cruelly or unkindly
ill-using
abusing
maltreating
mistreating
misusing
mishandling
manhandling
bullying
brutalising
UK
brutalizing
US
hurting
harming
oppressing
tormenting
harassing
misemploying
prostituting
spoiling
tainting
battering
neglecting
dissipating
exhausting
overburdening
overtaxing
squandering
wasting
ill-treating
kicking around
messing over
knocking about
treating badly
taking apart
Verb
▲
Present participle for to pay someone less than the value of their work
underpaying
exploiting
fleecing
taking advantage of
Verb
▲
Present participle for dwell on
belabouring
UK
belaboring
US
dwelling upon
laboring
US
labouring
UK
overdoing
overemphasising
UK
overemphasizing
US
overstating
pounding
rehashing
repeating
stressing
harping on
dwelling on
hammering home
going on about
beating a dead horse
Verb
▲
Present participle for to damage, erode, or destroy by friction or use
wearing
abrading
chafing
eroding
rasping
rubbing
fraying
galling
frazzling
fretting
scraping
scratching
grazing
corrading
corroding
scouring
consuming
grinding
scuffing
wasting
deteriorating
dissolving
crumbling
impairing
using
decaying
bothering
fading
overusing
taxing
undermining
weathering
wearing away
eating away
wearing out
wearing thin
becoming worn
wearing down
worn through
biting into
eating away at
rubbing away
gnawing away
becoming threadbare
crumbling away
grinding away
rubbing down
washing away
wasting away
gnawing away at
cutting down
scraping off
using up
going to seed
Verb
▲
Present participle for to work hard and for long hours, especially till late at night or the early hours of the morning
burning the midnight oil
toiling
cramming
elucubrating
grinding
lucubrating
studying
staying up
burning the candle at both ends
bearing down
doing double duty
keeping your nose to the grindstone
pulling an all-nighter
sweating and slaving
toiling away
working day and night
working hard
working late
working like a dog
working overtime
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