sweaty
/ˈswɛti/US[ˈswɛɾi]
sweaty adjective: covered in sweat. Also the deliberate misspelling of sweety.
Adjective
sweaty (comparative sweatier, superlative sweatiest)
- Covered in sweat.
- John felt better after changing out of his sweaty clothes.
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- Synonyms:
- asweat, sweating, sudoriferous, sudorific
- Having a tendency to sweat.
- She had never met someone so sweaty.
- Likely to cause one to sweat.
- It was a hot and sweaty day.
- Caused by sweat.
- That sweaty odour is disgusting.
- Strenuous; laborious; exhausting.
- He resented being asked to do such a sweaty task.
- Extremely (and possibly inappropriately) obsessed with winning.
- Watch out for that sweaty team.
- I'm going to try as hard as I—I'm going to be the sweatiest fucking tryhard in this server. I'm going to kill you.2013 July 20, STAR_, 3:43 from the start, in TF2: Jerma is Mad pt.2, spoken by Jerma985, via YouTube, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2020
- Synonyms:
- tryhard
- Attracting many extremely competitive players.
- I stick to casual because ranked lobbies are way too sweaty.
- The mode caters to competitive players by offering increased health and larger lobby sizes. However, some players argue the game mode is extremely "sweaty."2022 August 17, Ryan Lemay, Dexerto
Noun
sweaty (plural sweaties)
- One who is sweaty.
- For example a conscious attemp at separating the "hots and sweaties" from the “bibs and tuckers” is often desirable amount according to which activity areas he/she has used.1975, Australian Parks & Recreation, page 20
- Crowd ranges from post-gym sweaties to locals.1997, New York - Volume 30, page 46
- Informal sportswear, such as a sweatshirt, pair of sweatpants or a sweatsuit.
- After lessons I went down town with O'Hara and William, we bought a bow and arrows and some sweaties, when we came home we practised with our bow and arrows and played marbles.1962, Lois Winslow-Spragge, George Mercer Dawson, The Life of George Mercer Dawson, 1849-1901, page 26
- Designer Hanna Andersson specializes in comfortable, round-the-clock children's clothes: snugglies and “sweaties" (indefatigable sportswear) made of cotton trikā, a combed-cotton rib-knit in bright colors and bold stripes.1985, New Age Journal - Volume 2, Issues 2-5
Also used as
sweaty is also the deliberate misspelling of sweety.
sweaty meaning in Marathi, Bengali, Indonesian and Thai
sweaty in Marathi
- covered in sweat
- घामट ghāmaṭ
sweaty in Bengali
- ঘাম ঝরানো
sweaty in Indonesian
- covered in sweat
- berkeringat
sweaty in Thai
- covered in sweat
- เหงื่อออก ngʉ̀ʉa-ɔ̀ɔk
More languagesFewer languages
- sweaty in Vietnamese
- đầy mồ hôi
Examples of sweaty in a sentence
- You never worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not.1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC:
- The YouTuber delved deeper into his goals, claiming: "I want to do sweaty, try hard FPS gaming from the toilet."2022 August 3, Terry Oh, “YouTuber turns toilet into gaming PC for when duty calls”, in Dexerto:
Synonyms of sweaty
Forms of sweaty
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | sweatier |
| superlative | sweatiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | sweaties |
Origin of sweaty
From Middle English swety, equivalent to sweat + -y.
Influenced by the similarity of the spelling of sweety, and the humorous contrast between their meanings.
Words formed from sweaty
Words that rhyme with sweaty
Questions about sweaty
- What does sweaty mean?
- Sweaty means covered in sweat.
- What is sweaty in Marathi?
- Sweaty in Marathi is घामट (ghāmaṭ). See Sweaty meaning in Marathi.
- How do you use sweaty in a sentence?
- You never worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not.
- What part of speech is sweaty?
- Sweaty can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce sweaty?
- Sweaty is pronounced /ˈswɛti/.
Words near sweaty in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sweaty (page history and authors); sweaty (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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