About The Word Sultry
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Sultry
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What's The Definition Of Sultry?
[adj] characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
[adj] burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert" [adj] sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance" Synonyms | Synonyms for Sultry: hot | sensual | stifling | sulfurous | sulphurous | torrid Related Terms | Find terms related to Sultry: See Also | Sultry In Webster's Dictionary \Sul"try\, a. [Compar. {Sultrier}; superl. {Sultriest}.]
[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.
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