sweaty

[swet-ee] / ˈswɛt i /

ADJECTIVE

damp with perspiration

Synonyms

STRONGEST

moist sticky stinky wet

WEAK

bathed clammy covered with sweat diaphoretic drenched dripping drippy glowing hot perspiring perspiry soaked sudoric sweating

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dry

Example Sentences

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Even now health benefits can be associated with a sweaty sauna session.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Everyone wants a photo of you in your hot, sweaty, noisy bald eagle mask.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

We are constantly being told to go to great lengths - and get very sweaty - to get fit.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

A few nights a week, I exit class sweaty and ravenous and walk straight for a grocery store to fill it.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026

When she returned, red-faced and a little sweaty, I felt something click in my mind.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan