sweaty B1 Topic:Clothing & Appearance US /ˈswɛti/ UK /ˈswɛti/ See IPA manual Freq #7586 Meanings 1 adj covered in sweat or smelling of sweat He changed out of his sweaty shirt after the run. 2 adj hot or uncomfortable enough to make people sweat The crowd packed into a sweaty basement club. 3 adj wet with condensed moisture, as if sweating The cave walls were dark and sweaty in the humid air. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · covered in sweat or... perspiringsweating 2 adj · hot or uncomfortable enough... stiflingsultry 3 adj · wet with condensed... dampmoist ↔ Opposites drycool Word family Derived forms sweatilysweatiness Related forms sweatperspiration Etymology Formed from sweat + -y. The adjective first describes a person or thing covered with sweat and extends naturally to places that cause sweating or surfaces wet with condensed moisture. Topics Clothing & Appearance External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # sweaty **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈswɛti/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈswɛti/ **Frequency rank:** 7586 ## Meanings 1. covered in sweat or smelling of sweat 2. hot or uncomfortable enough to make people sweat 3. wet with condensed moisture, as if sweating ## Examples - He changed out of his sweaty shirt after the run. - The crowd packed into a sweaty basement club. - The cave walls were dark and sweaty in the humid air. ## Synonyms - perspiring - sweating - stifling - damp ## Antonyms - dry - cool ## Derived Forms - sweatily - sweatiness ## Related Forms - sweat - perspiration ## Etymology Formed from sweat + -y. The adjective first describes a person or thing covered with sweat and extends naturally to places that cause sweating or surfaces wet with condensed moisture. ## Topics - Clothing & Appearance markdown