sweaty

adjective

1. 1

   Covered in sweat.

   John felt better after changing out of his sweaty clothes.

   You never worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were.

2. 2

   Having a tendency to sweat.

   She had never met someone so sweaty.

3. 3

   Likely to cause one to sweat.

   It was a hot and sweaty day.

4. 4

   Caused by sweat.

   That sweaty odour is disgusting.

5. 5

   Strenuous; laborious; exhausting.

   He resented being asked to do such a sweaty task.

6. 6

   slangExtremely (and possibly inappropriately) obsessed with winning.

   Watch out for that sweaty team.

   I'm going to try as hard as I—I'm going to be the sweatiest fucking tryhard in this server. I'm going to kill you.

   The YouTuber delved deeper into his goals, claiming: "I want to do sweaty, try hard FPS gaming from the toilet."

7. 7

   slangAttracting many extremely competitive players.

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

   The mode caters to competitive players by offering increased health and larger lobby sizes. However, some players argue the game mode is extremely "sweaty."

noun

1. 1

   One who is sweaty.

   For example a conscious attemp at separating the "hots and sweaties" from the “bibs and tuckers” is often desirable amount according to which activity areas he/she has used.

   Crowd ranges from post-gym sweaties to locals.

   As someone who immediately starts sweating profusely the second the temperature creeps over 75 degrees (sexy?), I felt enormous sympathy for these absolutely drenched men. Justice for us sweaties!

2. 2

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

   After lessons I went down town with O'Hara and William, we bought a bow and arrows and some sweaties, when we came home we practised with our bow and arrows and played marbles.

   Designer Hanna Andersson specializes in comfortable, round-the-clock children's clothes: snugglies and “sweaties" (indefatigable sportswear) made of cotton trikā, a combed-cotton rib-knit in bright colors and bold stripes.

   As the rictal woman leaves the A & P for the oppressive heat of the streets, she is knocked sprawling by Grace Armstrong, a ridiculous figure in “sweat” clothing , or “sweaties,” who is just finishing her daily jogging stint.

   Grey sweaties are our go-to and the rhinestones add a little something extra for the days when you actually make it out of the house.

noun

1. 1

   Variant of sweetyDeliberate misspelling of sweety, a term of familiar address.

Forms

plural

sweaties

comparative

sweatier

superlative

sweatiest