sweaty
/ˈswɛti
/adjective (sweatier, sweatiest)
Exuding, soaked in, or inducing sweat: my feet got so hot and sweaty...
- He appears to glide effortlessly to unfamiliar locations without becoming even slightly sweaty.
- If you shout at them their big sweaty dad will return from the beach and batter you with your broken hedge-trimmer.
- Four hours later, I emerged at Alicia's house, tired and sweaty, clutching the cat in my arms.
Synonyms
perspiring, sweating, clammy, sticky, glowing, moist, damp, slimy, soggy, dripping, drenched
Derivatives
sweatily
- But in any measurement, today is meltingly, achingly, sweatily hot.
- I try and set off earlier but nothing ever changes, you can bet that 2 minutes after the scheduled start time I will sweatily appear.
- He grasped the stems sweatily, screwing his eyes shut and praying hard.
sweatiness
- I don't think a live CD really does them justice. You need to actually be there, and experience the loudness and sweatiness first hand.
- Because it's the heat of the summer, there is a certain lightness and airiness and sweatiness to it.
- If you commonly endure sweatiness not associated with a workout, you've probably already tried various antiperspirants and absorbent cornstarch powders.
Rhymes
- area denial
- areal
- a real live ——
- area manager
- area navigation
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- area rug
- area rule
- area-ruled
- area shoot
- area sneak
- area study
- areaway
- area-wide
- a rebel without a cause
- areca
- areca nut
- areca palm
- Arecibo
- a red rag to a bull
- areg
- areligious
- arena
- arenaceous
- arenavirus