COLD SWEAT Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

cold sweat

noun

Definition of cold sweat next

as in goose bumps

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Recent Examples of cold sweat Who among us hasn’t dabbled in a little wishful thinking about the future until they’re shaken to the core by the uncertainties of it all while covered in cold sweat? —

Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025 Faceless YouTube Channels Being on camera makes a lot of people break into a cold sweat. —

Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 As someone who has been waking up with cold sweats since hitting my 30s, I am sold—especially because of its impressive sale price. —

Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2025 As in heart racing, breaking out in a cold sweat, and having to self-medicate with a large Dairy Queen chocolate dipped ice cream cone scary. —

Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cold sweat

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Noun

Fear creeps in as cases continue to rise The lack of official narrative may have led local folks to a premature sense of safety, believing that the outbreak had ended even as cases continue to add up.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 23 Mar. 2026
The draft is interesting because there aren’t the top-of-the-board type options like last year (Colston Loveland and Tyler Warren) but the closer late April creeps, the deeper many people believe the tight end crop is on the whole.

— Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2026