humid
containing a high amount of water or water vapor; noticeably moist: humid air;a humid climate.
Origin of humid
1synonym study For humid
Other words for humid
Other words from humid
- hu·mid·ly, adverb
- hu·mid·ness, noun
- sub·hu·mid, adjective
- un·hu·mid, adjective
Words that may be confused with humid
Words Nearby humid
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How to use humid in a sentence
The idea of being able to power these from humid air is appealing, he says.
Will bacterial ‘wires’ one day power your phone? | Alison Pearce Stevens | September 2, 2020 | Science News For StudentsThe city climate is humid continental with a subtropical aspect.
Summers in Cleveland are typically warm and humid, and winters are cold, windy, and often include snow.
Cleveland – The Rock and Roll Capital of the World | LGBTQ-Editor | August 21, 2020 | No Straight NewsSummers are typically hot and humid, while winters can be quite cold and sometimes snowy.
Still, he adds, it is “much hotter and more humid than many of us have experienced.”
Deadly heat: Expected by century’s end, it’s here already | Jonathan Lambert | June 19, 2020 | Science News For Students
The hot, humid climate on parts of the continent is perfect for palm oil plantations.
Our Taste for Cheap Palm Oil Is Killing Chimpanzees | Carrie Arnold | July 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSeptember to October is less humid and more pleasant than summer in Korea.
It’s a Big, Big World: Sights That Make You Feel Small | Lonely Planet | December 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThat humid night, I realized I had forgotten how much I loved and missed performers like Gift of Gab, the Fat Boys, and Raekwon.
Where Have All the Fat Rappers Gone? Or, How Hip-Hop Lost All the Weight. | Emilia Petrarca | August 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI had last seen Lembembe in March, on a sticky, humid evening in Yaoundé.
And, face it, no one really wants to be in humid Washington, D.C., at the end of June when they can be somewhere else.
In the south, however, there are some large rivers, and the forest region is very humid.
The climate is hot and humid, and many kinds of tropical fruit are produced in abundance.
She fled round the water-tank and gained the humid darkness of the grotto.
A German Pompadour | Marie HayTo any goddess the smell of the incense is sweet, the sight of the flowers, the humid eyes, the leaping heart delightful.
The Art of Disappearing | John Talbot SmithIn humid weather the cloud hangs long and lazily in the air; in dry weather it is rapidly licked up.
The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book | Various
British Dictionary definitions for humid
/ (ˈhjuːmɪd) /
moist; damp: a humid day
Origin of humid
1Derived forms of humid
- humidly, adverb
- humidness, noun
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