sweaty

[swet-ee]

adjective

sweatier, sweatiest 

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

Other Word Forms

• sweatily adverb
• sweatiness 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

Not just because of the honeyed intimacy their sweaty, bare chest exudes.

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It is the job of the sports columnist to be ridiculous, to lard on sweaty superlatives and routinely declare the regrettable, but once in a while, we get it right.

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You can sense the relief as sweaty security chiefs of museums around the world mop their brows: “There but for the grace of God. Merci, Jesus, for the Louvre!”

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Zoloft made her emotionally numb, took away her appetite and left her sweaty and sleepy, she said in an interview.

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"You get sweaty, you see your colleague dripping in sweat, I don't think people really worry about that."

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Related Words

• moist 
• sticky 
• stinky 
• wet