Sweaty

Sweaty
Sweaty Sweat"y, a. [Compar. {Sweatier}; superl. {Sweatiest}.] 1. Moist with sweat; as, a sweaty skin; a sweaty garment. [1913 Webster]

2. Consisting of sweat; of the nature of sweat. [1913 Webster]

No noisome whiffs or sweaty streams. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

3. Causing sweat; hence, laborious; toilsome; difficult. ``The sweaty forge.'' --Prior. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • 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

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