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muggy

[ muhg-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, mug·gi·er, mug·gi·est.

(of the atmosphere, weather, etc.) oppressively humid; damp and close.
Antonyms: dry

muggy

/ ˈmʌɡɪ /

Origin of muggy¹

1725–35; mug to drizzle (noun and v.) (< Scandinavian; compare Old Norse mugga mist, drizzle) + -y ¹

Origin of muggy¹

C18: dialect mug drizzle, probably from Scandinavian; compare Old Norse mugga mist

Noodles & Co. staged its IPO on a sleepy, muggy, low-volume trading day.

It was a damp, muggy January evening when I journeyed to this suburban retreat.

Malarial and muggy though it is, September scarcely merits all the evil epithets that are applied to it.

It is a terrible thing to be locked out of your own house on a dark, muggy, January evening.

The air has been continually muggy, and has lain on one's head like a thick turban.

These emotions reached their climax one muggy, sultry July day as I plodded, moist and unhappy, back from the schoolhouse.

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