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sweaty

[ swet-ee ]

adjective

sweatier, sweatiest.
  1. covered, moist, or stained with sweat.
  2. causing sweat.


sweaty

/ ˈɛɪ /

adjective

  1. covered with sweat; sweating
  2. smelling of or like sweat
  3. causing sweat
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Derived Forms

  • ˈɱ𲹳پԱ, noun
  • ˈɱ𲹳پ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ɱ𲹳i· adverb
  • ɱ𲹳i·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sweaty1

First recorded in 1325–75, sweaty is from the Middle English word swety. See sweat, -y 1
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From bullet sprays to sweaty Klansmen to buzzards circling overhead, “Sinners” doesn’t hold back like it’s too sophisticated to give the audience what they want.

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He conjured the sardonic guru Mr. Natural, a tiny sex fiend called the Snoid and other sweaty, anxious creatures, human and otherwise.

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“As Ms. Doe attempted to pack Mr. Schrader’s bags in terrified silence, he repeatedly commented, ‘I am so sweaty.

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When Rocco, played by Pullman as a sweaty disaster, gets told that he’s just like his pops, we can’t quite see it.

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For the first weeks after Drakeo’s killing, I regularly snapped awake at 3:30 a.m., sweaty and disoriented, unsure where I was.

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