sultry
oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering: a sultry day.
oppressively hot; emitting great heat: the sultry sun.
characterized by or associated with sweltering heat: sultry work in the fields.
characterized by or arousing passion: sultry eyes.
Origin of sultry
1Other words for sultry
Other words from sultry
- sul·tri·ly, adverb
- sul·tri·ness, noun
- un·sul·try, adjective
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How to use sultry in a sentence
For that, we have Ashunta Sheriff-Kendricks to thank, Henson’s go-to makeup artist responsible for that sultry beat that we’ll surely be talking about all season.
Taraji P. Henson’s AMA Makeup Look Had To Complement A Whopping 10 Outfit Changes | cmurray | November 23, 2020 | Essence.comWith Perl in particular, a former makeup artist, there is a sultriness to her metallic eye shadow and her painted lips.
The Sisterhood of Bulletproof Stockings: It’s Ladies’ Night for Hasidic Rockers | Emily Shire | September 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe expected a certain amount of sultriness, but not in such lavish prodigality as it was delivered.
In Africa | John T. McCutcheonThe night was dark,—no moon being visible,—and an oppressive sultriness was in the atmosphere.
Through Apache Lands | R. H. JayneIsis goes to Byblos; she arrives there fatigued with sultriness, thirst, and the toilsome, stony road.
Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity | Alexandre Kuprin
The prisoner herself seemed happily to be quite fresh and not affected by the sultriness of the day.
The Bride of the Nile, Complete | Georg EbersUpon him and his mother lay the sultriness of a brewing tempest.
The Burning Secret | Stefan Zweig
British Dictionary definitions for sultry
/ (ˈsʌltrɪ) /
(of weather or climate) oppressively hot and humid
characterized by or emitting oppressive heat
displaying or suggesting passion; sensual: sultry eyes
Origin of sultry
1Derived forms of sultry
- sultrily, adverb
- sultriness, noun
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