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sweat·y

 (swĕt′ē)
adj. sweat·i·er, sweat·i·est
1. Covered with or smelling of sweat.
2. Causing sweat: a sweaty job.

sweat′i·ly adv.
sweat′i·ness n.
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sweaty

(ˈswɛtɪ)
adj, sweatier or sweatiest
1. (Physiology) covered with sweat; sweating
2. (Physiology) smelling of or like sweat
3. causing sweat
ˈsweatily adv
ˈsweatiness n
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sweat•y

(ˈswɛt i)

adj. sweat•i•er, sweat•i•est.
1. covered, moist, or stained with sweat.
2. causing sweat.
[1325–75]
sweat′i•ly, adv.
sweat′i•ness, n.
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sweaty

adjective perspiring, sweating, sticky, clammy, bathed or drenched or soaked in perspiration, glowing She was hot and sweaty.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

sweaty

adjective
Producing or covered with sweat:
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Translations
مُبْتَل بالعَرَق، مُسَبِّب للعَرَقمُبَلَّلٌ بِالْعَرَق
zpocenýpropocený
svedig
hikinen
znojan
átizzadtizzadt
sveittur; svitastorkinn
汗だらけの
땀투성이의
prepotenýspotený
znojen
svettig
เปียกเหงื่อ
đầy mồ hôi

sweaty

[ˈswetɪ] ADJ (sweatier (compar) (sweatiest (superl))) [face, hands, person, horse] → sudoroso; [clothes] → sudado
to be all sweatyestar todo sudoroso
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sweaty

[ˈswɛti] adj
[person, hands] → en sueur
I'm all sweaty → Je suis tout en sueur.
[work] → harassant(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sweaty

adj (+er) handsschweißig; browschweißbedeckt; body, person, socksverschwitzt; weather, day, workzum Schwitzen; placeheiß; to get sweatyins Schwitzen geraten; digging is sweaty workbeim Graben kommt man leicht ins Schwitzen; a hot and sweaty jobeine heiße und schweißtreibende Arbeit; to have a sweaty smellnach Schweiß riechen; sweaty feetSchweißfüße pl
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sweaty

[ˈswɛtɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (gen) → sudato/a, sudaticcio/a; (smell) → di sudore
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sweat

(swet) noun
the moisture given out through the skin. He was dripping with sweat after running so far in the heat.
verb
1. to give out sweat. Vigorous exercise makes you sweat.
2. to work hard. I was sweating (away) at my work from morning till night.
ˈsweater noun
any kind of knitted pullover or jersey.
ˈsweaty adjective
wet or stained with, or smelling of, sweat. sweaty clothes/bodies.
ˈsweatiness noun
a cold sweat
(coldness and dampness of the skin when a person is in) a state of shock, fear etc.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

sweaty

مُبَلَّلٌ بِالْعَرَق zpocený svedig verschwitzt ιδρωμένος sudado hikinen suant znojan sudato 汗だらけの 땀투성이의 zweterig svett spocony suado потный svettig เปียกเหงื่อ terli đầy mồ hôi 出汗的
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

sweaty

a. sudado-a, sudoroso-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

sweaty

adj sudoroso
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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