cold sweats
Fear-induced clammy skin
Cold sweats are episodes of sudden perspiration accompanied by chills, typically triggered by stress, fear, pain, or illness rather than heat or exertion.
The body sweats while feeling cold or clammy—a physiological response to shock, anxiety, or medical distress: He woke up in a cold sweat after the nightmare.
The phrase often appears with verbs like break into or wake up in.
- creepsUnsettling individuals
- jittersNervous agitation
- symptomIndicator of disease
- shiverInvoluntary trembling sensation
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
fear · trembling · breaking out · clamminess · nightmares · bad dream · anxiety · heart attack · heart palpitations · stress · hypoglycemia · vasoconstriction · dreads · fever · diaphoresis · fight-or-flight · fight or flight · perspiration
- sweatingperspiration, diaphoresis
- symptomsfever, headache, pain, nausea, rash
- body responsesfight, flight, shivering, freeze, goosebumps
- body symptomsheadache, headaches, dizziness, nausea, fatigue
- hangoversheadache, nausea, thirst, dry mouth, fatigue
- hypoglycemiablood sugar crash, sugar crash, glucose, insulin shock, hypoglycemic
cold sweatscalm
Free from agitation
composure · peace of mind · serenity · tranquility · relaxation
cold, colder, coldest, coldly, coldness, sweat, sweats, sweated, sweating