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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | sultry |
| 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: | sweltering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very hot |
| Synonyms: | airless, baking, broiling, burning, close, fiery, humid, oppressive, perspiring, scorching, sizzling, stewing, sticky, stifling, stuffy, sultry, sweaty, sweltry, torrid |
| Antonyms: | cold, cool, freezing |
| Main Entry: | pyretic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hot |
| Synonyms: | baking, blazing, blistering, boiling, broiling, burning, calescent, close, decalescent, febrific, febrile, fevered, feverish, feverous, fiery, flaming, heated, hectic, 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* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | roasting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hot |
| Synonyms: | ardent, 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*, red-hot, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling, smoking, steaming, stuffy, sultry, summery, sweltering, sweltry, thermogenic, torrid, tropic, tropical, very warm, warm, white* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scalding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hot |
| Synonyms: | ardent, 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*, red-hot, roasting, scorching, searing, sizzling, smoking, steaming, stuffy, sultry, summery, sweltering, sweltry, thermogenic, torrid, tropic, tropical, very warm, warm, white* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | searing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hot |
| Synonyms: | ardent, 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*, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, sizzling, smoking, steaming, stuffy, sultry, summery, sweltering, sweltry, thermogenic, torrid, tropic, tropical, very warm, warm, white* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sizzling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hot |
| Synonyms: | ardent, 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*, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, smoking, steaming, stuffy, sultry, summery, sweltering, sweltry, thermogenic, torrid, tropic, tropical, very warm, warm, white* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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