What is another word for perspiring?

Pronunciation: [pəspˈa͡ɪ͡əɹɪŋ] (IPA)

Perspiring is a natural body function that occurs when one's body temperature rises. However, the use of the word perspiring can become monotonous and too repetitive in writing. To spice up one's language, there are a variety of alternative words that can be used instead of perspiring. Some synonyms for perspiring include sweating, glowing, beading, seeping, exuding, and dampening. Each of these words can add a different level of intensity or depth to a piece of writing. For example, 'glowing' could be used to describe someone who is perspiring with excitement or a sense of pride; whereas 'dampening' could be used to describe the clammy or wet feeling that comes with perspiring in humid weather.

What are the hypernyms for Perspiring?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Perspiring

The audience, who had had time to debate and argue the question over and over, were all there ready to throng in at the opening of the doors, and sat listening, eager, anxious, and perspiring.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Stas rubbed his perspiring forehead with his hand; after which he said: "And M'Kunje and M'Pua?"
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
While she was still in doubt, her husband came back, red and perspiring, with his coat off.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee

Famous quotes with Perspiring

  • It's only when you suddenly stop perspiring that your forearms go dull.
    George Antheil
  • One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.
    H. L. Mencken
  • The novelist, thinks Sam, perspiring beneath blankets, must live in paranoia and seek to be one with the world; he must be terrified of experience and hungry for it; he must think himself nothing and believe he is superior to all. The feminine in his nature cries out for proof he is a man; he loves himself and therefore despises all that he is.
    Norman Mailer

Related words: sweat, sweating, perspiration

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