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- in a sweat
in a sweat
in a (cold) sweat
very frightened or anxious I dreamed I'd left the tickets at home and woke up in a cold sweat. Just the thought of addressing all those people is enough to bring me out in a cold sweat. (= make me feel very anxious)
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Daciana | | dah-CHYAHN-ah | Romanian |
| TighearnÁN | | TEER-nawn | Irish |
| NoËL | | no-EL | French |
| AbigÉL | | AW-bee-gayl | Hungarian |
| Peregrine | | PER-ə-grin, PER-ə-green | English (Rare) |
| Lycurgus | | - | Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized) |