Definition of sultry Sultry
/sʌˈltɹi/ - [sultree] - sul•try
We found 10 definitions of sultry from 6 different sources.
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What does sultry mean?
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Adjectivesultry, sultrier, sultriest |
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| sultry - characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm" | ||
| stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous | ||
| hot marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market" | ||
| sultry - sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance" | ||
| sensual | ||
| hot marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sultry (superl.)
Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts. - sultry (superl.)
Very hot and moist, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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sultry
(About the weather) Hot and humid.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sultry
sul′tri, adj. sweltering: very hot and oppressive: close.—adv. Sul′trily.—n. Sul′triness. [Another form is sweltry, from root of swelter.]
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