sweaty
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- adjective
- /ˈswɛti/
:
sudoroso
- I was sweaty and I was so hot.
- get sweaty
- hot and sweaty
Sweaty gym T-shirt, sweaty gym socks, wash bag.
- Sweaty gym T-shirt, sweaty gym socks, wash bag.
- Just like how hot and sticky and sweaty it all got down there.
- Oh, my God, a wig is so sweaty in Alabama in August.
- Essentially because it was hot, sweaty and skunky in this room.
- And it was a bunch of sweaty guys standing in the blazing sun.
- I was literally moving boxes and furniture and all sweaty like an hour ago.
- It's where like sweaty men that have just come.
Examples
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I stopped after a few minutes, sweaty and out of breath.
Fiction book (1992) -
I'm like so sweaty from carrying so much stuff today.
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The only people as sweaty as me are large old men.
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Oh, yes, it's just a very, very sweaty person.
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Oh, I get so like sweaty when I work on stuff like this.
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By morning she felt hot and sweaty, as though she was getting the flu.
Academic text (2012) -
And it was a bunch of sweaty guys standing in the blazing sun.
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A lone jogger, wearing a sweaty knee brace, runs around the parking lot.
Academic text (2012) -
His forehead, too, was sweaty, and he wiped it with a palm.
Fiction book (1991) -
After running for an hour, I was completely sweaty and in need of a shower.
Synonyms
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Hot, humid weather that makes you feel sweaty and uncomfortable
Antonyms
How Sweaty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sweaty comes from the common word sweat plus the simple ending -y, which means 'full of'. So sweaty literally means 'full of sweat', that is, covered in sweat or making you sweat.