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sultry [suhl-tree]
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sultry [suhl-tree]
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
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
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
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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