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muggy

[muhg-ee] / ˈmʌg i /


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After being shuttled in less than half an hour between aggressive air conditioning, a muggy Chicago street and the temperate library, the cup had begun producing condensation at an alarming rate.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Tuesday will start off relatively warm and muggy across central and south-eastern areas of England but further north and west it will start to feel a little cooler.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Another day of brutal heat and energy-sapping humidity is in store for Southern California, continuing what has been a remarkably muggy summer that’s brought wildfires, coastal erosion and death.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

According to the weather service office in Tampa, Fla., a dew point of below 60 degrees is comfortable; above 65 feels muggy; above 70, very humid and uncomfortable; and above 75, oppressive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

I opened a window, and a muggy gust of air shot across my face.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata

A higher dew point means the air is moister and thus will feel muggier.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025

She said the "roasting" and "muggier" weather has made home visits a bit harder.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2022

The offseason’s great intrigue – where will LeBron go next? – began well before these finals ended, and will only get muggier and more tiring as the summer drags on.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 9, 2018

The farther I crawled, the darker and muggier it got and the heavier the flow of fumes, heat and noise.

From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2016

The air felt muggier than their normal southern Aprils.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake

Expats and tourists from some of the hottest, muggiest U.S. states are bewildered: How has a lifetime of sweltering heat not prepared them for this?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Pentagram, the Obsessed, Iron Man and other doom bands each specialized in sluggish, smothering riffs that, in their respective heydays, felt as endless and extreme as Washington at its muggiest.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2022

Yes, they’re dorky-looking, but it gives you the ability to keep your fan open and running even when it’s raining, which is often when it’s muggiest.

From The Verge ● Sep. 15, 2017

For the holiday week, the Metrograph will screen films set in some of New York’s muggiest weather.

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2016

She likes the spicy soup, but she can’t understand why I only seem to make it on the hottest, muggiest nights.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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