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in a sweat

ADJECTIVE

apprehensive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

afraid concerned doubtful jittery jumpy suspicious uncertain uneasy uptight

WEAK

alarmed biting nails butterflies disquieted feel in bones foreboding frozen get vibes have a hunch have cold feet have funny feeling have stage fright hung up in a cold sweat in a dither lily-livered mistrustful running scared shaky stiff troubled weak worried worried sick

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm certain clear collected composed confident cool definite easygoing happy laid-back sure unquestionable

WEAK

at ease quiet unafraid undoubting unfearful unsuspicious unworried

ADJECTIVE

frightened

Synonyms

STRONGEST

afraid anxious fearful panicky spooked startled unnerved

STRONG

abashed affrighted alarmed butterflies cowed dismayed frozen numb petrified terrified terrorized yellow

WEAK

aghast chicken chicken-hearted have cold feet having kittens hung up in a cold sweat in a panic jittery jumpy lily-livered mousy pushing the panic button rabbity running scared scared stiff shaky shivery sissy terror-stricken uptight

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bold brave cool courageous happy unafraid

WEAK

calm comforted

Example Sentences

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And if that last sentence made you break out in a sweat, you can now relax.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

“I remember breaking out in a sweat; I was just paralyzed.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2023

His improvisations are torrential, dance-like and swinging, spiraling upward to mountaintop pronouncements that can leave listeners in a sweat.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2023

As I struggled to pay attention, the only thought that registered was a distant awareness that I’d broken out in a sweat.

From Washington Post • Jul. 17, 2022

I mentally flip through her large, strange collection of fears, fears that make her break out in a sweat, make her moan about feeling suffocated.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

in a sweat

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