muggy
(of the atmosphere, weather, etc.) oppressively humid; damp and close.
Origin of muggy
1Opposites for muggy
Other words from muggy
- mug·gi·ly, adverb
- mug·gi·ness, noun
Words Nearby muggy
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How to use muggy in a sentence
Noodles & Co. staged its IPO on a sleepy, muggy, low-volume trading day.
How a Pasta Chain Called Noodles & Co. Punked Wall Street | Daniel Gross | July 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was a damp, muggy January evening when I journeyed to this suburban retreat.
Mystic London: | Charles Maurice DaviesMalarial and muggy though it is, September scarcely merits all the evil epithets that are applied to it.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India | Douglas DewarIt 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.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. III (of 3) | George Eliot
These emotions reached their climax one muggy, sultry July day as I plodded, moist and unhappy, back from the schoolhouse.
Atlantic Narratives | Mary Antin
British Dictionary definitions for muggy
/ (ˈmʌɡɪ) /
(of weather, air, etc) unpleasantly warm and humid
Origin of muggy
1Derived forms of muggy
- muggily, adverb
- mugginess, noun
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