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Synonyms for perspiring

Grammar : Adj
Spell : per-spahyuh r
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈspaɪər

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Définition of perspiring

Origin :
  • 1640s, "to evaporate through the pores," a back-formation from perspiration and in part from Latin perspirare "to breathe, to blow constantly" (see perspiration). Meaning "to sweat" is a polite usage attested from 1725. Medical men tried to maintain a distinction between "sensible" (sweat) and "insensible" perspiration:
  • [I]t is sufficient for common use to observe, that perspiration is that insensible discharge of vapour from the whole surface of the body and the lungs which is constantly going on in a healthy state; that it is always natural and always salutary; that sweat, on the contrary, is an evacuation, which never appears without some uncommon effort, or some disease to the system, that it weakens and relaxes, and is so far from coinciding with perspiration, that it obstructs and checks it. [Charles White, "A Treatise on the Management of Pregnant and Lying-in Women," London, 1791]
  • Related: Perspired; perspiring.
  • adj sweaty
Example sentences :
  • He didn't see that she was perspiring, worn out by her struggle with the carpet.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • He was a small, plump man and his face was always red and perspiring.
  • Extract from : « The Second Voice » by Mann Rubin
  • Perspiring from every pore, we labour manfully on to the bitter end.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • A crumpled, perspiring wreck, he boarded the train bound for the mountains.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Galusha passed his shaking hand across his perspiring forehead.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Her forehead was perspiring; her breath was rattling in her chest.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • Pete came in, hot and perspiring, and Kate handed the child back to Nancy.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • The loafer came in with a grin of good-nature on his perspiring and dirty face.
  • Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • "Help me, Dolly," said the perspiring and be-ruffled gentleman within.
  • Extract from : « The Trimming of Goosie » by James Hopper
  • This is why your face gets much dirtier when it is perspiring than when it is dry.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
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