Synonyms for sultriness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : suhl-tree

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌl tri

Définition of sultriness

Origin : 1590s, "oppressively hot, close and moist" (of weather), from obsolete verb sulter "to swelter" (1580s), alteration of swelter. Figurative sense of "hot with lust" is attested from 1704; of women, "lascivious, sensual, arousing desire" it is recorded from 1940.

noun mugginess

Example sentences :

A week went by,—a week of weather that had all the sultriness of August.
Extract from : « The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 » by Various

The water was inviting, with the sultriness of the afternoon.
Extract from : « The Rival Campers Ashore » by Ruel Perley Smith

What with the dancing and the sultriness of the weather, the night was about as hot as an oven.
Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow. First Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood

It was, as he said, a splendid day—all sultriness dissipated by the strong wind.
Extract from : « Rutledge » by Miriam Coles Harris

Upon him and his mother lay the sultriness of a brewing tempest.
Extract from : « The Burning Secret » by Stefan Zweig

The garden with its perfume and its sultriness received him.
Extract from : « The Road to the Open » by Arthur Schnitzler

There was a sultriness in the air quite unfamiliar on the range.
Extract from : « Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch » by Alice B. Emerson

July was waning, and already an August sultriness was in the air.
Extract from : « Contrary Mary » by Temple Bailey

The sultriness of the day was deepening, and seemed to carry a threat with it.
Extract from : « Painted Windows » by Elia W. Peattie

The sultriness of the day had been succeeded by a cool and refreshing air.
Extract from : « Hardscrabble » by John Richardson

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