When he gets up on stage to sing one of his out-of-tune solos, I get so nervous for him that I get sweaty palms.
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Sweaty
//ˈswɛti//
Synonyms for "sweaty" (61 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
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Translations
94 translations across 46 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- քրտնքոտ adj (covered in sweat)
Belarusian
2 entries- по́тны adj (covered in sweat)
- спатне́лы adj (covered in sweat)
Bikol Central
3 entries- madaplos adj (covered in sweat)
- maganot adj (covered in sweat)
- mahinang adj (covered in sweat)
Bulgarian
3 entries- изпотя́ващ adj (likely to cause one to sweat)
- по́тен adj (covered in sweat)
- потя́щ се adj (having a tendency to sweat)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 出汗的 adj (caused by sweat)
- 勞累的 /劳累的 adj (strenuous)
- 吃力的 adj (strenuous)
- 容易出汗的 adj (having a tendency to sweat)
Czech
1 entries- zpocený adj (covered in sweat)
Danish
1 entries- svedig adj (covered in sweat)
Dutch
1 entries- bezweet adj (covered in sweat)
Elfdalian
1 entries- swettun adj (covered in sweat)
Estonian
1 entries- higine adj (covered in sweat)
Faroese
1 entries- sveittur adj (covered in sweat)
Finnish
4 entries- hiki adj (strenuous)
- hikinen adj (covered in sweat)
- hikinen adj (having a tendency to sweat)
- hikinen adj (caused by sweat)
French
4 entries- en nage adj (covered in sweat)
- en sueur adj (covered in sweat)
- moite adj (covered in sweat)
- suant adj (covered in sweat)
Georgian
3 entries- გამაოფლიანებელი adj (likely to cause one to sweat)
- ოფლიანი adj (covered in sweat)
- ოფლიანი adj (having a tendency to sweat)
German
2 entries- schweißtreibend adj (likely to cause one to sweat)
- verschwitzt adj (covered in sweat)
Greek
1 entries- ιδρωμένος adj (covered in sweat)
Greenlandic
1 entries- kiagualaartoq adj (covered in sweat)
Hungarian
3 entries- izzadt adj (covered in sweat)
- izzadós adj (having a tendency to sweat)
- izzasztó adj (likely to cause one to sweat)
Icelandic
1 entries- sveittur adj (covered in sweat)
Indonesian
1 entries- berkeringat adj (covered in sweat)
Ingrian
1 entries- hiekäs adj (covered in sweat)
Italian
1 entries- sudato adj (covered in sweat)
Japanese
1 entries- 汗だくの adj (covered in sweat)
Khmer
2 entries- ញើសទទឹក adj (covered in sweat)
- បែកញើសហូរញើស adj (covered in sweat)
Korean
1 entries- 땀투성이의 adj (covered in sweat)
Latvian
1 entries- nosvīdis adj (covered in sweat)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- verschweesst adj (covered in sweat)
Macedonian
1 entries- испотен adj (covered in sweat)
Marathi
1 entries- घामट adj (covered in sweat)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- svettig adj (covered in sweat)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- schweetich adj (covered in sweat)
Polish
2 entries- pocący się adj (having a tendency to sweat)
- spocony adj (covered in sweat)
Portuguese
3 entries- de suor adj (caused by sweat)
- suado adj (covered in sweat)
- suado adj (strenuous)
Romanian
1 entries- asudat adj (covered in sweat)
Russian
4 entries- вспоте́вший adj (covered in sweat)
- по́тный adj (covered in sweat)
- поте́ющий adj (having a tendency to sweat)
- потли́вый adj (having a tendency to sweat)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- znójan adj (covered in sweat)
- znȍjav adj (covered in sweat)
- зно́јан adj (covered in sweat)
- зно̏јав adj (covered in sweat)
Slovak
1 entries- spotený adj (covered in sweat)
Slovene
1 entries- prepoten adj (covered in sweat)
Spanish
3 entries- sudado adj (covered in sweat)
- sudoriento adj (covered in sweat)
- sudoroso adj (having a tendency to sweat)
Swedish
1 entries- svettig adj (covered in sweat)
Thai
1 entries- เหงื่อออก adj (covered in sweat)
Turkish
4 entries- ağır adj (strenuous)
- terleten adj (likely to cause one to sweat)
- terletici adj (likely to cause one to sweat)
- terli adj (covered in sweat)
Ukrainian
2 entries- пітни́й adj (covered in sweat)
- спітні́лий adj (covered in sweat)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đầy mồ hôi adj (covered in sweat)
Welsh
1 entries- chwyslyd adj (covered in sweat)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿאַרשוויצט adj (covered in sweat)
Sample sentences
30 total sentences available.
I am sweaty.
Source: tatoeba (436435)
When I run, I get sweaty.
Source: tatoeba (1103013)
Look for a bald and sweaty guy.
Source: tatoeba (1191690)
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