Crossword-Solution: OVERWORK
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Overwork | v. t. | To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse. |
| Overwork | v. t. | To fill too full of work; to crowd with labor. |
| Overwork | v. t. | To decorate all over. |
| Overwork | v. t. | To work too much, or beyond one's strength. |
| Overwork | n. | Work in excess of the usual or stipulated time or quantity; extra work; also, excessive labor. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| OVERWORK | anagram | WORKOVER |
We have 17 clues for the answer “OVERWORK”
| Clue | Answers |
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| work too much | 1 answer |
| Use excessively | 1 answer |
| work excessively hard | 2 answers |
| Run ragged | 2 answers |
| Use to excess | 2 answers |
| overdrive | 5 answers |
| STRENGTH, deprive of | 7 answers |
| housework | 18 answers |
| ALLOW no rest | 20 answers |
| Make ill. | 24 answers |
| overactivity | 26 answers |
| Droop | 33 answers |
| DEPRIVE of strength | 35 answers |
| Flag | 57 answers |
| Tax | 60 answers |
| Exhaust | 63 answers |
| Strain | 92 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with OVERWORK (5)
The Medical Man looked into his face and, with a certain hesitation, told him he was suffering from overwork, at which he laughed hugely.
The supply of African labor seemed to be endless, and many masters found it cheaper to overwork a slave and to replace him when he died, rather than take care of him while he lived.
What, he asked himself, did he want with these genial honors and substantial comforts? Hardships and difficulties he had carried lightly; overwork had not exhausted him; but this dead calm of middle life which confronted him,—of that he was afraid.
She sits with her hands folded, a picture of patient resignation, while the daughter kills herself with overwork and responsibility and worry; she doesn't see how they are going to get through the rest of the winter--and I don't either.
The overwork, and the brutal chastisements of which I was the victim, combined with that ever-gnawing and soul-devouring thought—“_I am a slave—a slave for life—a slave with no rational ground to hope for freedom_”—rendered me a living embodiment of mental and physical wretchedness.
Quotes with OVERWORK (3)
What a MOTHER means. Multitask Persona Overwork being Tender heartedness human Encourages people Reliable friend
Fatigue can make it hard to have faith. Too much busyness can make it hard to have faith. Too much of too little solitude can impact faith. For that matter, so can a bout of hunger or overwork, anything carried to an extreme. Faith thrives on routine. Look at any monastery and you will see that. Faith keeps on keeping on.
Somewhere along the way we've gotten the message that the more we struggle and the more we suffer, the more valuable we will become and the more successful we'll eventually be. And so we overwork ourselves, overschedule ourselves, and become "busier than thou" because we think there's some sort of prize on the other side of the pain we cause ourselves. And you know what? There's no prize. All you get from suffering is more suffering.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (1981–2023).