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SULTRY
sultry, stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous
(adjective) characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; “the summer was sultry and oppressive”; “the stifling atmosphere”; “the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm”
sensual, sultry
(adjective) sexually exciting or gratifying; “sensual excesses”; “a sultry look”; “a sultry dance”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sultry (comparative sultrier, superlative sultriest)
(weather) Hot and humid. [from late 16th c.]
(weather) Very hot and dry; torrid.
(figuratively) Sexually enthralling.
Synonyms
• (hot and humid): close, muggy
Anagrams
• rustly
Source: Wiktionary
Sul"try, a. [Compar. Sultrier; superl. Sultriest.] Etym: [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. Dryden.
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. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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