sweaty
[ˈswɛɾi]
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
noun
One who is sweaty.
Example Sentences
- "John felt better after changing out of his sweaty clothes."
- "In that a Snayl or Dodman, vvhich is not only not vvarm, but to our feeling, very cold, is fain to brood its as cold svveatty eggs, neſted upon a cold vvet earth, beſpievving them about vvith the fuzze of a cold clammy froth, in coldish [d]raughty vveather, and all making vvay to a kind and timely hatching of them: […] I dare undertake to light ſooner of that vvarmth and reek and air, that vvill hatch an hens egge, than that cold and devv and clammineſs, that goes to the hatching of a ſnails."
- "You never worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were."
- "She had never met someone so sweaty."
- "It was a hot and sweaty day."
- "That sweaty odour is disgusting."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: swety
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: [ˈswɛɾi]