sultry
Americanadjective
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oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering.
a sultry day.
- Synonyms:
- humid, stifling, oppressive
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oppressively hot; emitting great heat.
the sultry sun.
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characterized by or associated with sweltering heat.
sultry work in the fields.
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characterized by or arousing passion.
sultry eyes.
adjective
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(of weather or climate) oppressively hot and humid
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characterized by or emitting oppressive heat
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displaying or suggesting passion; sensual
sultry eyes
Other Word Forms
- sultrily adverb
- sultriness noun
- unsultry adjective
Etymology
Origin of sultry
Example Sentences
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And like water, she sees herself as able to flow, changing form without losing her core alchemy — equally comfortable spitting fire rap verses as delivering sultry R&B riffs.
From Los Angeles Times
A cut from her upcoming EP, due in April, “The Betrayal” is a sultry baile funk song that simmers with righteous indignation.
From Los Angeles Times
Currently on tour in Australia, he's been loosening up, gently leaning into the softer image he's spent recent years trying to toughen, even performing an intimate karaoke bar set of early sultry hits.
From BBC
Like an ice cube on a sultry summer day, Greenland’s ice sheet is melting, and that water, flowing into the ocean, is steadily raising sea level globally.
From Salon
It sounds a little cheesy next to the sultry, sophisticated material that eventually populated the record.
From BBC
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