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Synonyms for forwork

Most common

run someone ragged overtax overlabour overply harm wound fore-slow

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Run someone ragged — to overwork; exhaust with toil

run someone ragged, overtax, overlabour, overply

2. Harm — to do wrong to; injure; scathe

harm, wound, overburden

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To do wrong to; injure; scathe.

  2. v. 2

    To overwork; exhaust with toil.

Forms

Past participle
forworked
e.g. forworked → overtaxed, overlaboured, overplied, harmed…

Example sentences

  • harm This kind of magazine can do harm to young people.
  • wound He cleansed the wound before putting on a bandage.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
forworksteady
overtaxfalling
harmrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
harm1
5 letters
wound1
7 letters
overtax3, overply
10 letters
overburden4, overlabour

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (overtax3 = 3 syllables).