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Definitions for Sultry

[1] oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering: a sultry day.
[2] oppressively hot; emitting great heat: the sultry sun.
[3] characterized by or associated with sweltering heat: sultry work in the fields.
[4] characterized by or arousing passion: sultry eyes.
[5] (of weather or climate) oppressively hot and humid
[6] characterized by or emitting oppressive heat
[7] displaying or suggesting passion; sensual sultry eyes

Words related to Sultry

muggy, soggy, oppressive, scorching, hot, sticky, sizzling, torrid, sweltering, stifling, sexy, seductive, voluptuous, steamy, broiling, burning, close, red-hot, stuffy, wet

Words nearby Sultry

sulpician, sultan, sultana, sultanate, sultaness, sultry, sulu, sulu archipelago, sulu sea, sulzberger, sum

Origin of Sultry

1585–95; sult(e)r (variant of swelter) + -y1

Other words from Sultry

sul·tri·ly , adverb
sul·tri·ness , noun
un·sul·try , adjective

Word origin for Sultry

C16: from obsolete sulter to swelter + -y 1

Synonyms for Sultry

hot, muggy, oppressive, scorching, sizzling, soggy, sticky, stifling, sweltering, torrid, baking, broiling, burning, close, mucky, red-hot, smothering, stuffy, suffocating, sweltry, wet