sweating bullets

ADJECTIVE

anxious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

afraid apprehensive careful concerned distressed fearful fidgety jittery nervous restless scared uneasy uptight

WEAK

aghast antsy basket case bugged butterflies choked clutched disquieted disturbed dreading fretful hacked hyper in a state in a tizzy in suspense jumpy nervy overwrought shaking shaky shivery shook-up shot to pieces solicitous spooked strung-out taut troubled unglued unquiet watchful wired worried sick wreck

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bold brave calm collected composed confident cool courageous happy inattentive quiet unafraid unconcerned unfearful unworried

WEAK

assured content indifferent peaceful tranqil unwilling

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sweating bullets

Tired of spending frigid winters shoveling snow, or of sweating bullets and swatting mosquitoes in the summer?

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 29, 2025

“The manufacturers are sweating bullets right now,” one anonymous congressional aide told the New York Times in 1992.

From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2022

I mean, I was sweating bullets over this choice.

From Fox News ● Oct. 17, 2021

And so now I’m sweating bullets, as we say in the UK, sweating bullets trying to learn how to play like Sister Rosetta, which is really bloody hard.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2021

Kaylee is sitting cross-legged on the couch, texting her friends, and I’m sweating bullets.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

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