sultry

Meaning of sultry

adjective
  1. (of the air or weather) hot and humid.
    the sultry late summer weather had brought swarms of insects
    the air was warm, slightly humid but not sultry
  2. (of a person, especially a woman) attractive in a way that suggests a passionate nature.
    a sultry French au pair

late 16th century: from obsolete sulter ‘swelter’.

Information about sultry

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of sultry

sul-try

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • sultry is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

sultry synonyms

Meaning sensual:

sensual

Meaning stifling:

stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous

Meaning marked by a relatively high level of water vapour in the atmosphere:

humid

Meaning uncomfortably humid or airless:

close

Meaning stuffy; not ventilated:

airless

Meaning (of a place) lacking fresh air or ventilation:

stuffy

Meaning causing difficulty in breathing:

suffocating

Meaning (of weather) close and sultry:

oppressive

Meaning (of the weather) unpleasantly warm and humid:

muggy

Meaning (of the weather) hot and humid; muggy:

sticky

Meaning uncomfortably hot:

sweltering

Meaning very hot and humid:

tropical

Meaning very hot and dry:

torrid, roasting

Meaning (of a place) hot and humid:

steamy

Meaning of great weight; difficult to lift or move:

heavy

Meaning having a high degree of heat or a high temperature:

hot

Meaning of or at a fairly or comfortably high temperature:

warm

Meaning extremely hot:

boiling

Meaning tending to form clots; sticky:

claggy

Meaning arising from intense feelings of sexual love:

passionate

Meaning (of a person) appealing to look at; sexually alluring:

attractive

Meaning sexually attractive or exciting:

sexy

Meaning curvaceous and sexually attractive (typically used of a woman):

voluptuous

Meaning very sexually attractive:

luscious

Meaning relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement:

erotic

Meaning tempting and attractive; enticing:

seductive

Meaning causing anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately:

provocative

Meaning powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating; seductive:

alluring

Meaning appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or unwise:

tempting

sultry antonyms

Meaning of or at a fairly low temperature:

cool

Meaning of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body:

cold

Meaning serving to refresh or reinvigorate someone:

refreshing

Translation of sultry

Anagrams of sultry

rustly, Trysul

Words that rhyme with sultry

paltry, psaltry, unpaltry, peltry, sweltry, daredeviltry, deviltry, Goltry, choltry, choultry, poultry, unsultry

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