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adjective, sweat·i·er, sweat·i·est. covered, moist, or stained with sweat.
causing sweat.
laborious.
Origin of sweaty First recorded in 1325–75, sweaty is from the Middle English word swety. See sweat, -y1
OTHER WORDS FROM sweaty sweat·i·ly, adverb sweat·i·ness, noun Words nearby sweaty sweatshirt, sweatshop, sweat sock, sweat suit, sweatweed, sweaty , Swed., Swede, Sweden, Swedenborg, Swedenborgian
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Example sentences from the Web for sweaty Sleeping bags littered the floor, and the stench of sweaty socks wafted through the air.
How Biking Across America Formed an Unlikely Friendship | Raffi Joe Wartanian| October 8, 2020| Outside Online
It wasn’t as light and didn’t move moisture as efficiently as the top two picks, so it wasn’t the best for a sweaty runner like myself, but I’d still call it a fantastic all-around workout shirt.
Our Gear Guy's 5 Favorite Running Tees | Joe Jackson| October 5, 2020| Outside Online
The antimicrobial treatment Columbia used worked well enough for me to go four sweaty late-summer runs between washes, and the silken lightness made this a winner in the comfort category.
Our Gear Guy's 5 Favorite Running Tees | Joe Jackson| October 5, 2020| Outside Online
They’re soft, grippy, and designed to be easy to wipe down after a sweaty session.
Working out at home? Here’s how to keep your house from smelling like a gym. | Harry Guinness| September 3, 2020| Popular Science
Once I even got a Durian—Asian fruit notorious for smelling like a sweaty sock—which did not make me popular that month.
Tales of a Jailhouse Gourmet: How I learned to Cook in Prison | Daniel Genis| June 21, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Nine times out of ten, it will conjure up an image of a brooding, sweaty , long-haired hunk.
Taylor Kitsch on ‘The Normal Heart,’ Homophobic Right-Wingers, and Gays in the Military | Marlow Stern| May 23, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, I sit in my wrinkled, ill-fitting blazer, sweaty from nerves and running to get to this interview on time.
Marlo Thomas Says Girls Should Feel Free to Be Like Hannah Horvath | Emily Shire| April 24, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Forty percent say they find exercise ‘boring’ —but there are so many fun ways to get sweaty .
Britain’s Weighty Issue | Emma Woolf| January 20, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Ferrell (as Burgundy) still decided to sing a special theme song for the gigantic, sweaty , red-faced politician.
Anchorman 2’s PR Blitz: Dodge Durangos, Daft Punk, Rob Ford’s Campaign Song, and Whiskey | Marlow Stern| November 22, 2013| DAILY BEAST
She had thought that he would smile gloatingly into her sweaty face and pass on.
Yet with the sun hot above my head, I found it a sweaty task, and was but too glad to hear Ellen blow the horn for dinner.
When Life Was Young | C. A. Stephens
The air was close and offensive with sweaty bilious odors and the sharp pungent smell of turpentine.
The Wolf Cub | Patrick Casey
It had been a hard, all day climb, and the horses were tired and the gray dust was caked upon their sweaty riders.
Frontier Boys on the Coast | Capt. Wyn Roosevelt
And his sweaty grin followed Vic as the latter went out with the coil of rope over his shoulder.
The Seventh Man | Max Brand
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British Dictionary definitions for sweaty adjective sweatier or sweatiest covered with sweat; sweating
smelling of or like sweat
causing sweat
Derived forms of sweaty sweatily , adverb sweatiness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to sweaty moist, sticky, wet, stinky, clammy, glowing, hot, soaked, drippy, perspiring, sweating, bathed, diaphoretic, drenched, dripping, perspiry