sultry

Meaning

1. Hot and humid.
2. Very hot and dry; torrid.
3. Sexually enthralling.

Synonyms

hot

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stuffy

stifling

close

muggy

sticky

sensual

oppressive

stiffling

humid

airless

sweltering

torrid

sulphurous

burning

sulfurous

smothering

scorching

suffocative

be hot

hot and humid

passionate

perfervid

poultice

provocative

rabble-rousing

rabid

raging

repressing

searing

seductive

sexy

soggy

steamy

suffocating

suppressive

teasing

thick

tropical

turbulent

vehement

voluptuous

warm

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ruttish

very warm

hidrotic

pockety

sweltry

oppressively hot

ardent

asphyxiating

calm

choky

excitant

excitative

fanatic

fervid

frantic

frenzied

heated

hectic

impassioned

inflammatory

keen

lascivious

lubricious

manic

muffling

orgiastic

Hyphenated as

sul‧try

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsʌltɹi/

Etymology

From sulter (“verb (obsolete), a variant of swelter”) + -y; compare sweltry.