sweaty

[ swet-ee ]

adjective

, sweat·i·er, sweat·i·est.

1. covered, moist, or stained with sweat.
2. causing sweat.
3. laborious.

sweaty

/ ˈswɛtɪ /

adjective

1. covered with sweat; sweating
2. smelling of or like sweat
3. causing sweat

Derived Forms

• ˈsweatiness, noun
• ˈsweatily, adverb

Other Words From

• sweati·ly adverb
• sweati·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sweaty¹

First recorded in 1325–75, sweaty is from the Middle English word swety. See sweat, -y ¹

Example Sentences

What astonishment that such beauty urges me into bed for a nightlong sweaty roll in tangled sheets.

From The Daily Beast

Once I even got a Durian—Asian fruit notorious for smelling like a sweaty sock—which did not make me popular that month.

From The Daily Beast

I come home sweaty, exhausted, and full of irritation about the three sleeves of Titleists lost in the rough.

From The Daily Beast

Nine times out of ten, it will conjure up an image of a brooding, sweaty, long-haired hunk.

From The Daily Beast

Meanwhile, I sit in my wrinkled, ill-fitting blazer, sweaty from nerves and running to get to this interview on time.

From The Daily Beast

"I call you," the policeman said, and stripping the saddle and bridle from his sweaty horse, turned him loose to graze.

From Project Gutenberg

We went along a narrow place and got into a kind of room, all damp and sweaty and cold, and there we stopped.

From Project Gutenberg

I'll not have you two sitting down to eat all sweaty and out of breath, like last time Wes was over here.

From Project Gutenberg

Gorb paused at his work and drew a hairy forearm across his sweaty face.

From Project Gutenberg

With his left hand he caught the right sleeve, wiped his sweaty face, and tried to straighten his hair with his fingers.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• moist
• sticky
• stinky
• wet