sweaty

Meaning

Adj

1. Covered in sweat.
2. Having a tendency to sweat.
3. Likely to cause one to sweat.
4. Caused by sweat.
5. Strenuous; laborious; exhausting.
6. (slang) Extremely (and possibly inappropriately) obsessed with winning.
7. (slang) Attracting many extremely competitive players.

Noun

1. One who is sweaty.
2. (informal, plural, plural-only) Informal sportswear, such as a sweatshirt, pair of sweatpants or a sweatsuit.

Noun

Deliberate misspelling of sweety, a term of familiar address.

Synonyms

perspiring

hard

laborious

moist

sticky

sweated

sweating

warm

☀️

causing sweat

damp with perspiration

difficult

sudorous

Translations

verschwitzt

sudado

sudoroso

terli

bezweet

schweißig

moite

sudato

en sueur

terletici

ağır

zweterig

suado

schwitzig

sudoriento

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈswɛti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: swety

In summary

From Middle English swety, equivalent to sweat + -y.