We were all drenched with perspiration.
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Perspiration
//ˌpɜːspəˈɹeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "perspiration" (30 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (15)
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5 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriescauses desire
1 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
40 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عَرَق noun (process of perspiring)
Armenian
2 entries- քրտնարտադրություն noun (process of perspiring)
- քրտնում noun (process of perspiring)
Bashkir
1 entries- тирләү noun (process of perspiring)
Bulgarian
2 entries- изпотяване noun (process of perspiring)
- потене noun (process of perspiring)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 汗 noun (process of perspiring)
- 流汗 noun (process of perspiring)
Czech
2 entries- perspirace noun (process of perspiring)
- pocení noun (process of perspiring)
Dutch
1 entries- zweet noun (process of perspiring)
Esperanto
1 entries- ŝvitado noun (process of perspiring)
Finnish
2 entries- hikoileminen noun (process of perspiring)
- hikoilu noun (process of perspiring)
French
1 entries- transpiration noun (process of perspiring)
Galician
1 entries- transpiración noun (process of perspiring)
German
1 entries- Schwitzen noun (process of perspiring)
Greek
1 entries- εφίδρωση noun (process of perspiring)
Hungarian
2 entries- izzadás noun (process of perspiring)
- verítékezés noun (process of perspiring)
Italian
1 entries- sudore noun (process of perspiring)
Japanese
1 entries- 汗 noun (process of perspiring)
Khmer
1 entries- ញើស noun (process of perspiring)
Korean
1 entries- 땀 noun (process of perspiring)
Latin
1 entries- sudor noun (process of perspiring)
Mongolian
1 entries- хөлс noun (process of perspiring)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- transpirasjon noun (process of perspiring)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- transpirasjon noun (process of perspiring)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schweet noun (process of perspiring)
Polish
2 entries- perspiracja noun (process of perspiring)
- pocenie się noun (process of perspiring)
Portuguese
3 entries- perspiração noun (process of perspiring)
- suor noun (process of perspiring)
- transpiração noun (process of perspiring)
Russian
1 entries- поте́ние noun (process of perspiring)
Spanish
2 entries- sudoración noun (process of perspiring)
- transpiración noun (process of perspiring)
Swedish
2 entries- svett noun (process of perspiring)
- svettning noun (process of perspiring)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đổ mồ hôi noun (process of perspiring)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
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Her brow was beaded with perspiration.
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Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.
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