sultry

[Sul·try]

Stifling, humid and downright oppressive, sultry is an adjective that has everything to do with sweltering heat and a definite need for a tall glass of iced tea.

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Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts.

Adjective S.
characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"

Adjective S.
burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert"

Adjective S.
sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance"


superl.
Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts.

superl.
Very hot and moist, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air.


Sultry

Sul"try , a. [Compar. Sultrier ; superl. Sultriest.] [From Sweltry.] 1. Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts.
Such as, born beneath the burning sky And sultry sun, betwixt the tropics lie.
2. Very hot and moist, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air.
When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain plant.

Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts.

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