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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hot and humid |
| Synonyms: | baking, broiling, burning, close, hot, mucky, muggy, oppressive, red-hot, scorching, sizzling, smothering, soggy, sticky, stifling, stuffy, suffocating, sweltering, sweltry, torrid, wet |
| Antonyms: | cool, dry |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | oppressive, humid |
| Synonyms: | airless, breathless, choky, confined, fusty, heavy, moldy, motionless, muggy, musty, stagnant, stale, stale-smelling, sticky, stifling, stuffy, suffocating, sultry, sweltering, sweltry, thick, tight, uncomfortable, unventilated |
| Antonyms: | cool, dry |
| Main Entry: | hot |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very high in temperature |
| Synonyms: | baking, blazing, blistering, boiling, broiling, burning, calescent, close, decalescent, febrile, fevered, feverish, feverous, fiery, flaming, heated, humid, igneous, incandescent, like an oven, on fire, ovenlike, parching, piping, recalescent, red*, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling, smoking, steaming, stuffy, sultry, summery, sweltering, sweltry, thermogenic, torrid, tropic, tropical, very warm, warm, white* |
| Antonyms: | cold, cool, freezing, frigid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | humid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very damp, referring to weather |
| Synonyms: | boiling, clammy, close, dank, irriguous, moist, mucky, muggy, oppressive, sodden, soggy, steamy, sticky, stifling, stuffy, sultry, sweaty, sweltering, watery, wet |
| Antonyms: | arid, dry |
| Main Entry: | muggy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | humid |
| Synonyms: | clammy, close, damp, dampish, dank, moist, mucky, oppressive, soggy, sticky, stuffy, sultry |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | oppressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hot and humid |
| Synonyms: | airless, close, heavy, muggy, overpowering, steam bath, steamy, sticky, stifling, stuffy, suffocating, sultry, sweat box, torrid |
| Antonyms: | cool, mild, temperate |
| Main Entry: | passionate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sensual, desirous |
| Synonyms: | amorous, ardent, aroused, concupiscent, desirous, erotic, heavy*, hot*, lascivious, libidinous, loving, lustful, prurient, romantic, sexy, steamy, stimulated, sultry, turned-on, wanton, wistful |
| Antonyms: | cold, cool, frigid, indifferent, uncaring, unpassionate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sensational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | startling, exaggerated |
| Synonyms: | X-rated, amazing, arresting, astounding, breathtaking, coarse, colored, conspicuous, dramatic, electrifying, emotional, excessive, exciting, extravagant, hair-raising, horrifying, juicy*, livid, lurid, marked, melodramatic, noticeable, outstanding, piquant, pointed, prominent, pungent, remarkable, revealing, rough, salient, scandalous, sensationalistic, shocking, signal, spectacular, staggering, stimulating, sultry, tabloid, thrilling, vulgar |
| Antonyms: | ordinary, run-of-the-mill, unexceptional, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | soggy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | damp or soaking |
| Synonyms: | clammy, dank, dripping, heavy, humid, moist, mucky, muggy, mushy, pasty, pulpy, saturated, soaked, sodden, soft, sopping, spongy, sticky, sultry, waterlogged |
| Antonyms: | dehydrated, dry |
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