sultry
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tri adjective, sul·tri·er, sul·tri·est.
1.
oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering: a sultry day.
2.
oppressively hot; emitting great heat: the sultry sun.
3.
characterized by or associated with sweltering heat: sultry work in the fields.
4.
characterized by or arousing passion: sultry eyes.
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| —adj , -trier, -triest | |
| 1. | (of weather or climate) oppressively hot and humid |
| 2. | characterized by or emitting oppressive heat |
| 3. | displaying or suggesting passion; sensual: sultry eyes |
| [C16: from obsolete sulter to | |
| 'sultrily | |
| —adv | |
| 'sultriness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
sultry
1590s, "oppressively hot, close and moist" (of weather), from obs. verb sulter "to swelter" (1580s), alteration of swelter. Fig. sense of "hot with lust" is attested from 1704; of women, "lascivious, sensual, arousing desire" it is recorded from 1940.
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Example sentences
Sensuous textures and deep, saturated colors are used to create a sultry atmosphere of stifled desire.
The heat was described as sultry, oppressive and lifeless.
The tornado came after a sultry day and was preceded by some lightening and hail.
The winter doldrums have long set in by now and the longing for sultry summer days is festering.
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