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- [swet-ee]
- /ˈswɛt i/
- /ˈswet.i/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [swet-ee]
- /ˈswɛt i/
Definitions of sweaty word
- adjective sweaty covered, moist, or stained with sweat. 1
- adjective sweaty causing sweat. 1
- adjective sweaty laborious. 1
- adjective sweaty covered with sweat 1
- adjective sweaty smelling of sweat 1
- adjective sweaty producing sweat 1
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Origin of sweaty
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
First recorded in 1325-75, sweaty is from the Middle English word swety. See sweat, -y1
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Parts of speech for Sweaty
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sweaty popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sweaty usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sweaty
noun sweaty
- clamminess — covered with a cold, sticky moisture; cold and damp: clammy hands.
- dampness — Dampness is moisture in the air, or on the surface of something.
- dankness — unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly: a dank cellar.
- humidity — humid condition; moistness; dampness.
- dewiness — The state or quality of being dewy.
adj sweaty
- clammy — Something that is clammy is unpleasantly damp or sticky.
- drizzly — to rain gently and steadily in fine drops; sprinkle: It drizzled throughout the night.
- humid — containing a high amount of water or water vapor; noticeably moist: humid air; a humid climate.
- irriguous — well-watered, as land.
- mucid — moldy; musty.
adjective sweaty
- bathed — If someone is bathed in sweat, they are sweating a great deal.
- muculent — Slimy; moist and moderately viscous.
- muggy — (of the atmosphere, weather, etc.) oppressively humid; damp and close.
- warm — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- warmish — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
Top questions with sweaty
- how to stop sweaty hands?
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- what causes sweaty hands?
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