OVERWORKING Synonyms

• having a debilitating effect

• producing exhaustion

• material resulting from the process of grinding

• a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)

• the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice

• doing arduous or unpleasant work

• the act of applying force in order to move something away

• an intense or violent exertion

• the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

• taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance

• act of expanding by lengthening or widening

• exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent

• doing arduous or unpleasant work

• an onerous or difficult concern

• weight to be borne or conveyed

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse

• weight down with a load

• impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

• put to use

• have and exercise

• make a great effort at a mental or physical task

• a notable achievement

• use or manipulate to one's advantage

• draw from; make good use of

• work excessively hard