| Main Entry: | overworked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worn out |
Synonyms: |
burned out, exhausted, fatigued, overburdened, overloaded, overtaxed, strained, stressed, stressed out, tense, under stress |
| Main Entry: | overwork |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overdo |
Synonyms: |
burn out, exhaust, tire, tire out, wear out, weary |
| Main Entry: | overwork |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work too hard |
Synonyms: |
burden, exhaust, exploitation, labor, strain, tax, tire |
Antonyms: |
be idle |
| Main Entry: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use wrongly |
Synonyms: |
dissipate, exhaust, misemploy, mishandle, misuse, overburden, overtax, overwork, prostitute, spoil, squander, taint, waste |
| Notes: | abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it |
Antonyms: |
benefit, care for, esteem, prize, respect, revere |
| Main Entry: | belabor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dwell on |
Synonyms: |
beat a dead horse, go on about, hammer home, overwork, pound, rehash, repeat |
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move or urge on |
Synonyms: |
act upon, actuate, animate, arouse, bulldoze, chase, coerce, compel, constrain, dog*, egg on, encourage, force, goad, goose, harass, hasten, herd, hound, hurl, hurry, hustle, impel, induce, inspire, instigate, kick, lean on, make, motivate, nag, oblige, overburden, overwork, pound, press, pressure, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, put up to, railroad, ride herd on, rouse, rush, send, shepherd, shove, spirit up, spur, steamroll, stimulate, work on, worry |
Antonyms: |
check, curb, discourage, dissuade, halt, repress, retard, stop |
| Main Entry: | elaborate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intricate; involved |
Synonyms: |
busy, careful, complex, complicated, decorated, detailed, elegant, embellished, exact, extensive, extravagant, fancy, fussy, garnished, high tech, highly wrought, imposing, knotty, labored, labyrinthine, luxurious, many-faceted, minute, ornamented, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, overworked, painstaking, perfected, plush, posh, precise, prodigious, refined, showy, skillful, sophisticated, studied, thorough, with all the extras, with all the options, with bells and whistles |
Antonyms: |
general, normal, plain, regular, simple, uncomplicated, unelaborate, uninvolved, usual |
| Main Entry: | exhaust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tire or wear out |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, burn out, conk out, cripple, debilitate, disable, do in, drain, draw, enervate, enfeeble, fag, fatigue, frazzle, impoverish, overdo, overexert, overextend, overfatigue, overtire, overwork, peter out, poop, poop out, prostrate, run ragged, sap*, suck dry, tucker, use up, weaken, wear down, weary |
Antonyms: |
animate, invigorate, refresh |
| Main Entry: | hackneyed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clichéd, tired |
Synonyms: |
antiquated, banal, common, commonplace, conventional, corny*, everyday, familiar tune, hokey, moth-eaten, obsolete, old, old-chestnut, old-hat, old-saw, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, overworked, pedestrian*, played-out, quotidian, run-of-the-mill, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tripe, trite, unoriginal, well-worn, worn-out |
Antonyms: |
fresh, new, original, uncommon |
| Main Entry: | overdo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go to extremes; carry too far |
Synonyms: |
amplify, be intemperate, belabor, bite off too much, do to death, drive oneself, exaggerate, fatigue, go overboard, go too far, hype, lay it on, magnify, make federal case, not know when to stop, overburden, overestimate, overindulge, overload, overplay, overrate, overreach, overstate, overtax, overtire, overuse, overvalue, overwork, pile on, pressure, puff, run into the ground, run riot, strain oneself, stretch, talk big, wear down, wear oneself out |
Antonyms: |
ignore, neglect |