sweaty
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3.8
- adjective
- /ˈswɛti/
- Informal
:
sudoroso
- Oh, it's made my palms go sweaty hearing that.
- sweaty palms
You either wake up in sweaty palms and like, high heart rate, or you just leave for a nightmare.
- You either wake up in sweaty palms and like, high heart rate, or you just leave for a nightmare.
Examples
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And, and on that morning as I was hearing these sirens and I was like really sweaty and I was nervous.
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Under pressure, sweaty palms ain't making it much better.
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You know, my hands are super sweaty lately.
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And I tried not to mind that she loves to hold hands even when her hands are sweaty.
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I was so nervous my palms were sweaty.
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You look like you're sweaty, you're in distress.
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I've got sweaty palms.
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Most people describe butterflies in your tummy, sweaty palms, your heart racing, lump in your throat.
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"Greetings to you, my friend," he answered with professional nonchalance, wiping suddenly sweaty palms on his pants leg.
Fiction book (2000) -
Before the big presentation, I noticed that my hands were sweaty from anxiety.
Synonyms
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1.3
Feeling worried and easily frightened
2
7.0
Feeling nervous and upset because of stress or embarrassment
Antonyms
How Nervous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sweaty also describes being nervous because people often sweat when they are anxious or under pressure. So calling a person or situation sweaty can mean they look tense or worried.