COLD SWEAT meaning: Anxiety-induced sudden perspiration response

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cold sweat)

▸ noun: Perspiration which feels chilly to the person perspiring, and which indicates debilitating illness, shock, or the experiencing of an intense emotion such as despair, anxiety, or, especially, fear.

Opposite:

hot flash, fever, warmth

Phrases:

waking up in cold sweat, i woke up in cold sweat, cold sweat in the middle of a night, more...

Adjectives:

chill, algid, achill, chilly, freezing cold, colde, acold, frore, frosty, cold, frigid

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