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slaving

ADJECTIVE

busy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

active unavailable working

STRONG

buried employed engaged engrossed hustling occupied overloaded persevering snowed swamped

WEAK

already taken assiduous at it diligent having a full plate having enough on one's plate having fish to fry having many irons in the fire in a meeting in conference in someone else's possession in the field in the laboratory industrious on assignment on duty on the go tied-up up to one's ears with a customer

Antonyms

STRONGEST

idle

STRONG

inactive unoccupied

WEAK

lazy quiet unbusy unemployed unengaged

Example Sentences

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Chefs rarely get Christmas off - if they are not cooking for customers, they are slaving over a hot stove for family.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2022

Hergé, the illustrator and writer of Tintin and another of my great heroes, once drew a picture of himself slaving at the desk, with Tintin holding a whip over him showing a sort of disdain.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2022

“And then the other 100 hours you’re just slaving away.”

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021

“Dreams is dangerous / Ain’t no saving us / ain’t no slaving us,” Woods raps at the beginning of the album.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2021

I was in the kitchen house slaving over a hot stove when everybody came running by.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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