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Meaning of SWEATY

Pronunciation:  'swetee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  being wet with perspiration; "the perspiring runners"; "his sweating face"; "sweaty clothes"
 
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 Synonyms: perspiring, sweating, wet
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sweat"y\, a. [Compar. {Sweatier}; superl. {Sweatiest}.]
1. Moist with sweat; as, a sweaty skin; a sweaty garment.
2. Consisting of sweat; of the nature of sweat.
         No noisome whiffs or sweaty streams.  --Swift.
3. Causing sweat; hence, laborious; toilsome; difficult.
   ``The sweaty forge.'' --Prior.
 

 

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