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sultry
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
1 sultry
Sexually exciting or gratifying:
— A sultry look.
— A sultry dance.
synoniem: sensual.
Roget 339:
moist,
damp;
watery
etc.
337;
madid†,
roric†;
undried†,
humid,
sultry,
wet,
dank,
luggy†,
dewy;
roral†,
rorid†;
roscid†;
juicy.
wringing wet,
soaking wet;
wet through to the skin;
saturated
etc.
v..
swashy†,
soggy,
dabbled;
reeking,
dripping,
soaking,
soft,
sodden,
sloppy,
muddy;
swampy
etc.
(marshy)
345;
irriguous†.
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2 sultry
Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity:
— The summer was sultry and oppressive.
synoniemen: stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous.
Roget 382:
hot,
warm,
mild,
genial,
tepid,
lukewarm,
unfrozen;
thermal,
thermic;
calorific;
fervent,
fervid;
ardent;
aglow.
sunny,
torrid,
tropical,
estival†,
canicular†,
steamy;
close,
sultry,
stifling,
stuffy,
suffocating,
oppressive;
reeking
etc.
v.;
baking
etc.
384.
red hot,
white hot,
smoking hot,
burning
etc.
v..
hot,
piping hot;
like a furnace,
like an oven;
burning,
hot as fire,
hot as pepper;
hot enough to roast an ox,
hot enough to boil an egg.
fiery;
incandescent,
incalescent†;
candent†,
ebullient,
glowing,
smoking;
live;
on fire;
dazzling
etc.
v.;
in flames,
blazing,
in a blaze;
alight,
afire,
ablaze;
unquenched,
unextinguished†;
smoldering;
in a heat,
in a glow,
in a fever,
in a perspiration,
in a sweat;
sudorific†;
sweltering,
sweltered;
blood hot,
blood warm;
warm as a toast,
warm as wool.
volcanic,
plutonic,
igneous;
isothermal†,
isothermic†,
isotheral†.
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