Definition of Sweaty

1. a. Moist with sweat; as, a sweaty skin; a sweaty garment.

Definition of Sweaty

1. Adjective. covered in sweat ¹

2. Adjective. having a tendency to sweat ¹

3. Adjective. likely to cause one to sweat ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sweaty

1. covered with perspiration [adj SWEATIER, SWEATIEST] : SWEATILY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweaty

sweatmeat
sweatmeats
sweatpant
sweatpanted
sweatpants
sweatproof
sweats
sweats bullets
sweatshirt
sweatshirted
sweatshirts
sweatshop
sweatshops
sweatsuit
sweatsuits
sweaty (current term)
sweb
swebby
swede
swedenborgite
swedes
swedge
swedged
swedish turnip
swee
sweed
sweeing
sweel
sweeled
sweeling

Literary usage of Sweaty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"The men of Israel smote it weu the mtr. rf every city as the beast, and all that cao>ttot.«.'. A sweaty reaper from his tillage First fruits, the green ear, ..."

2. A Manual of Nursing: Medical & Surgical by Laurence Humphry (1895)
"sweaty FEET.—Excessive sweating of the soles of the feet is a common affection amongst domestic servants ..."

3. A Manual on Foot Care and Shoe Fitting for Officers of the U.S. Navy and U.S by William Leake Mann, Spencer Augustus Folsom (1920)
"... alcohol and then liberate pus with sterile needle. Cover the part with sterile gauze and send the individual to the medical officer. sweaty FEET ..."

4. Hull's Jahr: A New Manual of Homoeopathic Practice by Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr, Amos Gerald Hull, Frederick Greenwood Snelling, Charles Julius Hempel (1885)
"... oppressed breathing, and scanty micturition with pressing.—*Cold fast constantly. *Cold, sweaty feet. ..."

5. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits, the green ear, and the yellow sheaf, Uncalled, as саше to hand. Mittun s Paradise Lest. ..."

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