Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Profusely sweaty, drenched in sweat: Describes a state where sweat is flowing or beading abundantly on the skin, often due to heat or exertion. It emphasizes the visible, copious nature of the sweat.
   • Lustrous, glossy, sleek (archaic/poetic variant): An older, less common usage synonymous with "mượt," describing a smooth, shiny, and attractive appearance, typically of hair, fur, or fabric.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (sweaty):
  • Sau trận đấu, các cầu thủ ướt mướt. (After the match, the players were drenched in sweat.)
  • Đi nắng mướt mồ hôi. (To walk in the sun and sweat profusely.)
• Adjective (glossy - archaic):
  • Mái tóc mướt của cô ấy. (Her sleek hair.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "mướt" is almost never used alone in modern Vietnamese. Its primary function is in the fixed phrase "mướt mồ hôi" (drenched/dripping with sweat) or similar descriptive combinations like "ướt mướt" (soaking wet, often with sweat).
• When used for "glossy," it is considered a poetic variant of "mượt" and is rare in everyday speech.

Variants and Related Words

• Mượt (adj): The standard word for smooth, soft, glossy, or fluent (e.g., - smooth hair, - fluent speech).
• Ướt đẫm (adj): Soaking wet, soaked through.
• Ướt sũng (adj): Sopping wet.

Synonyms

• Drenched: soaked with liquid, especially sweat.
• Bedewed: covered with small drops of moisture.
• Glossy (for the archaic sense): shiny and smooth.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Mướt mồ hôi (idiom): The most common phrase, meaning "profusely sweaty" or "dripping with sweat."
  • Làm việc nặng mướt mồ hôi. (To do heavy work until one is drenched in sweat.)

1. Sweat profusely, perspire abundantly
   • Đi nắng mướp mồ hôi
     To walk in the sun and sweat profusely
   • như mượt