night sweats

plural noun

: profuse sweating during sleep that is sometimes a symptom of febrile disease

Examples of night sweats in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Its symptoms can include painless swelling of lymph nodes in your neck, armpits or groin, persistent fatigue, fever, night sweats, shortness of breath, unexplained weight loss and itchy skin. —Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 9 May 2025

That hormonal decline can lead to symptoms like irregular periods, hot flashes, and night sweats. —Anna North, Vox, 6 May 2025

Signs and symptoms include a cough that lasts for three weeks or longer, coughing up blood or phlegm, chest pain, weakness, fatigue, weight loss, loss of appetite, fever, chills and night sweats, according to the CDC. —Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2025

And Menopause Can Affect Your Work and Career Again, such symptoms are common and natural as perimenopause and then menopause are natural phases of midlife with hot flashes, night sweats, and difficulty sleeping being among the most frequent. —Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1703, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for night sweats

• abets
• assets
• begets
• besets
• briquettes
• cadets
• cassettes
• cermets
• cornets
• corvettes
• croquettes
• diskettes