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sweatiness

sweatiness

2.4
A condition in which the skin becomes wet and warm after heat or activity
  • noun
  • /ˈswɛtɪnəs/
translation icon : sudoración
  • She noticed the sweatiness of her forehead after running for an hour.

Examples

  • I was bitterly disappointed by their inelegance: all the bobbles, all the clumsiness, all the heavy-breathing sweatiness.

    Academic text (1991)
  • When she held it to her nose, there was a carpenter's day—cut wood, sun, breezy sweatiness.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Earning what their sweatiness fetches

  • Like... sweatiness.

  • - Good, well I'd rather hear that than some vile scene of him rubbing his naked sweatiness against you.

  • And when Richie came offstage and the stage manager knocked, Nina would hold Cee Cee's hand, feeling the sweatiness of her palms, which never went away no matter how many times she did the show, and walk out to the wings with her.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The heat and humidity led to an uncomfortable sweatiness that made everyone feel sticky.

  • During the workout, his shirt was soaked through with the sweatiness caused by intense exercise.

Synonyms

perspiration
vssweatiness
12 2.5

A salty liquid that the body makes when it is hot, active, or nervous

is the quality of being wet from that fluid rather than the fluid itself
sweating
vssweatiness
1 1.1

Your skin makes a salty liquid to cool your body

is the state of being wet from that fluid rather than the bodily process
hidrosis
vssweatiness
  • Specialized
1 9.9

The glands in the skin make sweat that comes to the surface

is the common term for the general state rather than a technical medical process
sudation
vssweatiness
  • Specialized
9.7

The skin making sweat to cool the body

is the everyday name for the state rather than a technical process term

Antonyms

8 1.0

Lack of water or wetness in something

How Sweaty

hyperhidrosis
  • Specialized
1 9.9
sweatiness
2.4
dampness
8 1.0
dryness
8 1.0

Surface Forms

sweatiness singular
sweatinesses plural

Morphology

sweatiness = sweaty (transparent) = sweat + y + ness

Forming a noun from the adjective 'sweaty' with the productive suffix '-ness' yields the expected meaning 'the quality of being sweaty.'

Etymology

Sweatiness comes from the common word sweat, which means 'perspiration', plus the endings -y and -ness that make a noun meaning 'the state of being'. So sweatiness is simply the state of being sweaty.