What with overwork and poor meals, she fell ill.
Source: tatoeba (23598)
Overwork
//ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk//
Synonyms for "overwork" (69 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (34)
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Translations
22 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- преумора noun (excessive work)
- преуморявам се verb (to work too hard)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 過勞 /过劳 noun (excessive work)
Czech
1 entries- přepracovat se verb (to work too hard)
French
1 entries- surmenage noun (excessive work)
German
1 entries- sich überarbeiten verb (to work too hard)
Japanese
2 entries- 過労 noun (excessive work)
- 過労する verb (to work too hard)
Korean
2 entries- 과로 noun (excessive work)
- 과로하다 verb (to work too hard)
Macedonian
2 entries- преработување noun (excessive work)
- преработи verb (to work too hard)
Polish
2 entries- przepracowanie noun (excessive work)
- przepracowywać się verb (to work too hard)
Russian
4 entries- перегру́зка noun (excessive work)
- перенапряже́ние noun (excessive work)
- переутомле́ние noun (excessive work)
- перетруди́ться verb (to work too hard)
Spanish
2 entries- sobretrabajo noun (excessive work)
- sobretrabajar verb (to work too hard)
Turkish
1 entries- sürmenaj noun (excessive work)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
What with overwork and lack of nourishment, he became very ill.
Source: tatoeba (23599)
Fatigue is the natural result of overwork.
Source: tatoeba (23603)
His health has broken down because of overwork.
Source: tatoeba (23604)
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