Dictionary Definition
overwork n : the act working too much or too
long; "he became ill from overwork" [syn: overworking]
Verb
1 use too much; "This play has been
overworked"
2 work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the
students" [syn: exploit]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)k
Verb
- To make someone work too hard.
- To work too hard.
Translations
to work too hard
- Polish: przepracowywać się
Noun
- excessive work
- 1878: Phosphorus in functional disorders of the nervous system, induced by overwork and other influences incidental to modern life - Various disordered conditions consequent upon overwork, which are characteristic of modern civilisation.
- 1996: Wilkie Au, Urgings of the Heart: A Spirituality of Integration - When it comes to overwork, denial looms large.
- 2003: Ernie J Zelinski, Joy of Not Working: A Book for the Retired, Unemployed, and Overworked - The Japanese term for sudden death from overwork.
Translations
excessive work
- Polish: przepracowanie
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
burden,
busy, carry too far, do
double duty, drive,
elucubrate, exaggerate, exhaust, fag, go overboard, go to extremes,
go too far, hit the ball, hustle, keep busy, know no
bounds, lucubrate,
oppress, overact, overburden, overcarry, overcarrying, overdevelop, overdo, overdoing, overdrive, overelaborate, overemphasis, overemphasize, overexercise, overexert, overexertion, overexpend, overexpenditure,
overimportance,
overindulge,
overlabor, overload, overplay, overreaching, overreact, overreaction, overspend, overstrain, overstress, overstudy, overtask, overtax, overtaxing, overtrain, overuse, pass all bounds, pour
it on, protest too much, scratch, slave, strain, supererogation, sweat, task, tax, work, work hard, work late, work
overtime