Standard Lemma guide

sweaty

adj · noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈswɛti/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: [ˈswɛɾi]
  • rhymes with -ɛti
  • CMU ARPABET: S W EH1 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Covered in sweat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • John felt better after changing out of his sweaty clothes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: asweat, sweating, sudoriferous, sudorific

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having a tendency to sweat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • She had never met someone so sweaty.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Likely to cause one to sweat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • It was a hot and sweaty day.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Caused by sweat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • That sweaty odour is disgusting.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Strenuous; laborious; exhausting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He resented being asked to do such a sweaty task.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Extremely (and possibly inappropriately) obsessed with winning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

Topics: video-games

Examples

  • Watch out for that sweaty team.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tryhard

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Attracting many extremely competitive players.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

Topics: video-games

Examples

  • I stick to casual because ranked lobbies are way too sweaty.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

One who is sweaty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Informal sportswear, such as a sweatshirt, pair of sweatpants or a sweatsuit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, plural, plural-only

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Deliberate misspelling of sweety, a term of familiar address.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, alt-of, deliberate, derogatory, humorous, misspelling, sometimes

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English swety, equivalent to sweat + -y.

Influenced by the similarity of the spelling of sweety, and the humorous contrast between their meanings.

Across languages

Translations

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: քրտնքոտ (kʻrtnkʻot) — covered in sweat
  • Belarusian: по́тны (pótny) — covered in sweat
  • Belarusian: спатне́лы (spatnjély) — covered in sweat
  • Central Bikol: maganot — covered in sweat
  • Central Bikol: madaplos — covered in sweat
  • Central Bikol: mahinang — covered in sweat
  • Bulgarian: по́тен (póten) — covered in sweat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 汗津津的 (hànjīnjīn de) — covered in sweat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 被汗水濕透的 /被汗水湿透的 (bèi hànshuǐ shītòu de) — covered in sweat
  • Czech: zpocený — covered in sweat
  • Danish: svedig — covered in sweat
  • Dutch: bezweet — covered in sweat
  • Elfdalian: swettun — covered in sweat
  • Estonian: higine — covered in sweat
  • Faroese: sveittur — covered in sweat
  • Finnish: hikinen — covered in sweat
  • French: en sueur — covered in sweat
  • French: moite — covered in sweat
  • French: suant — covered in sweat
  • French: en nage — covered in sweat
  • Georgian: ოფლიანი (opliani) — covered in sweat
  • German: verschwitzt — covered in sweat
  • Greek: ιδρωμένος (idroménos) — covered in sweat
  • Greenlandic: kiagualaartoq — covered in sweat
  • Hungarian: izzadt — covered in sweat
  • Icelandic: sveittur — covered in sweat
  • Indonesian: berkeringat — covered in sweat
  • Ingrian: hiekäs — covered in sweat
  • Italian: sudato — covered in sweat
  • Japanese: 汗だくの (asedaku no) — covered in sweat
  • Khmer: ញើសទទឹក (ñəəh tɔɔ tɨk) — covered in sweat
  • Khmer: បែកញើសហូរញើស (baek ñəəh hoo ñəəh) — covered in sweat
  • Korean: 땀투성이의 (ttamtuseong'i-ui) — covered in sweat
  • Latvian: nosvīdis — covered in sweat
  • Luxembourgish: verschweesst — covered in sweat
  • Macedonian: испотен (ispoten) — covered in sweat
  • Marathi: घामट (ghāmaṭ) — covered in sweat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svettig — covered in sweat
  • Plautdietsch: schweetich — covered in sweat
  • Polish: spocony — covered in sweat
  • Portuguese: suado — covered in sweat
  • Romanian: asudat — covered in sweat
  • Russian: по́тный (pótnyj) — covered in sweat
  • Russian: вспоте́вший (vspotévšij) — covered in sweat
  • Serbo-Croatian: зно́јан — covered in sweat
  • Serbo-Croatian: зно̏јав — covered in sweat
  • Serbo-Croatian: znójan — covered in sweat
  • Serbo-Croatian: znȍjav — covered in sweat
  • Slovak: spotený — covered in sweat
  • Slovene: prepoten — covered in sweat
  • Spanish: sudado — covered in sweat
  • Spanish: sudoriento — covered in sweat
  • Swedish: svettig — covered in sweat
  • Thai: เหงื่อออก (ngʉ̀ʉa-ɔ̀ɔk) — covered in sweat
  • Turkish: terli — covered in sweat
  • Ukrainian: пітни́й (pitnýj) — covered in sweat
  • Ukrainian: спітні́лий (spitnílyj) — covered in sweat
  • Vietnamese: đầy mồ hôi — covered in sweat
  • Welsh: chwyslyd — covered in sweat
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרשוויצט (farshvitst) — covered in sweat
  • Bulgarian: потя́щ се (potjášt se) — having a tendency to sweat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 容易出汗的 (róngyì chūhàn de) — having a tendency to sweat
  • Finnish: hikoileva — having a tendency to sweat
  • Finnish: hikinen — having a tendency to sweat
  • Finnish: hikoava — having a tendency to sweat
  • Georgian: ოფლიანი (opliani) — having a tendency to sweat
  • Hungarian: izzadós — having a tendency to sweat
  • Polish: pocący się — having a tendency to sweat
  • Russian: потли́вый (potlívyj) — having a tendency to sweat
  • Russian: поте́ющий (potéjuščij) — having a tendency to sweat
  • Spanish: sudoroso — having a tendency to sweat
  • Bulgarian: изпотя́ващ (izpotjávašt) — likely to cause one to sweat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 容易出汗的 (róngyì chūhàn de) — likely to cause one to sweat
  • Finnish: hiostava — likely to cause one to sweat
  • French: sudatoire — likely to cause one to sweat
  • Georgian: გამაოფლიანებელი (gamaoplianebeli) — likely to cause one to sweat
  • German: schweißtreibend — likely to cause one to sweat
  • Hungarian: izzasztó — likely to cause one to sweat
  • Russian: потого́нный (potogónnyj) — likely to cause one to sweat
  • Turkish: terleten — likely to cause one to sweat
  • Turkish: terletici — likely to cause one to sweat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 汗的 (hàn de) — caused by sweat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出汗的 (chūhàn de) — caused by sweat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有汗味的 (yǒu hànwèi de) — caused by sweat
  • Finnish: hikinen — caused by sweat
  • Portuguese: de suor — caused by sweat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 艱苦的 /艰苦的 (jiānkǔ de) — strenuous
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吃力的 (chīlì de) — strenuous
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勞累的 /劳累的 (láolèi de) — strenuous
  • Finnish: hikinen — strenuous
  • Finnish: hiki- — strenuous
  • Portuguese: suado — strenuous
  • Turkish: ağır — strenuous
  • Turkish: zorlu — strenuous