Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sweat blood

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables
sweat blood
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To work very hard.

Informal

verb

To be extremely anxious.

Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

sweats blood (present, singular) sweating blood (participle, present) sweated blood (participle, past) sweated blood (past)

Phrases

blood, sweat and tears

Frequently Paired Words

blood, sweat and tears haematidrosis

Synonyms

sweat one's guts out sweat bullets

Questions

What does sweat blood mean?
To work very hard.

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