2. Consisting of sweat; of the nature of sweat.
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No noisome whiffs or sweaty streams. --Swift.
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3. Causing sweat; hence, laborious; toilsome; difficult. ``The sweaty forge.'' --Prior. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
sweaty — [swet′ē] adj. sweatier, sweatiest 1. a) sweating; covered with sweat b) damp with or smelling of sweat 2. of or like that of sweat [a sweaty odor] 3. causing sweat [a hot, sweaty day] … English World dictionary
sweaty — late 14c., from SWEAT (Cf. sweat) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Sweatiness … Etymology dictionary
sweaty — [adj] damp with perspiration bathed, clammy, covered with sweat, drenched, dripping, drippy, glowing, hot, moist, perspiring, perspiry, soaked, sticky, stinky, sweating, wet; concept 406 Ant. dry … New thesaurus
sweaty — ► ADJECTIVE (sweatier, sweatiest) ▪ exuding, soaked in, or inducing sweat. DERIVATIVES sweatily adverb sweatiness noun … English terms dictionary
sweaty — adjective 1 covered with sweat 2 (1): We came home hot and sweaty after the day s work. | sweaty palms 2 smelling unpleasantly of sweat 2: sweaty socks 3 unpleasantly hot or difficult so that you sweat 1: a sweaty August day | a sweaty job 4… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sweaty — [[t]swe̱ti[/t]] sweatier, sweatiest 1) ADJ GRADED If parts of your body or your clothes are sweaty, they are soaked or covered with sweat. ...sweaty hands... She was hot and sweaty. 2) ADJ GRADED A sweaty place or activity makes you sweat because … English dictionary
sweaty — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, smell ▪ become, get ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly … Collocations dictionary
sweaty — sweat|y [ˈsweti] adj comparative sweatier superlative sweatiest 1.) covered or wet with ↑sweat ▪ We came home hot and sweaty after the day s work. ▪ sweaty palms 2.) [usually before noun] unpleasantly hot or difficult, so that you ↑sweat … Dictionary of contemporary English
sweaty — adjective (sweatier; est) Date: 14th century 1. causing sweat < a sweaty day > < sweaty work > 2. wet or stained with or smelling of sweat < sweaty socks > • sweatily adverb • sweatiness … New Collegiate Dictionary
sweaty — UK [ˈswetɪ] / US adjective Word forms sweaty : adjective sweaty comparative sweatier superlative sweatiest 1) covered in sweat, or smelling of sweat 2) sweaty conditions make you feel hot and uncomfortable … English dictionary
