The meaning of Sultry

adjective

Stuffy; not ventilated.

Usage examples:

A dusty, airless basement

adjective

Having little or no air from outside, and having no movement of air

Usage examples:

My hotel room was small, airless, and uncomfortable.

adjective

Powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating; seductive.

Usage examples:

The town offers alluring shops and restaurants

verb

Powerfully attract or charm; tempt.

Usage examples:

Will sponsors really be allured by such opportunities?

adjective

Attractive or exciting

Usage examples:

I didn't find the prospect of a house with no electricity very alluring., she was wearing a most al…

adjective

Pleasing or appealing to the senses.

Usage examples:

An attractive village

adjective

Causing interest or pleasure

Usage examples:

They made me a very attractive job offer., they are an attractive family., one of the less attracti…

adjective

At or near boiling point.

Usage examples:

Boiling water

noun

The action of bringing a liquid to the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour.

Usage examples:

Reheat gently to just below boiling

verb

(with reference to a liquid) reach or cause to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour.

Usage examples:

We asked people to boil their drinking water

adjective

Tending to form clots; sticky.

Usage examples:

Claggy mud

adjective

Thick and sticky

Usage examples:

The soil in the garden was thick, claggy clay., the claggy weather in the west will clear to leave …

adjective

Only a short distance away or apart in space or time.

Usage examples:

The hotel is close to the sea

adverb

Very near to someone or something; with very little space between.

Usage examples:

They stood close to the door

noun

Another term for high (sense 7 of the adjective).

adjective

Relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.

Usage examples:

Her book of erotic fantasies

adjective

Of great weight; difficult to lift or move.

Usage examples:

A heavy and bulky load

noun

A thing, such as a vehicle, that is large or heavy of its kind.

Usage examples:

Meanwhile, he is leading the charge at airport to beef up the runway and expand support facilities …

adverb

Heavily.

Usage examples:

Heavy-laden

adjective

Having a high degree of heat or a high temperature.

Usage examples:

It was hot inside the hall

verb

Make or become hot.

Usage examples:

He hotted up the flask

adjective

Having a high temperature

Usage examples:

A hot day, a hot meal, it’s hotter in ohio than it is here., matt makes his little sister hot choco…

adjective

Marked by a relatively high level of water vapour in the atmosphere.

Usage examples:

A hot and humid day

adjective

(of air and weather) containing extremely small drops of water in the air

Usage examples:

New york is very hot and humid in the summer.

adjective

(of food or drink) having a pleasingly rich, sweet taste.

Usage examples:

A luscious and fragrant dessert wine

adjective

Having a pleasant sweet taste or smell

Usage examples:

Luscious fruit tarts and cream pies, she slipped into her luscious pale pink silk pajamas.

adjective

(of the weather) unpleasantly warm and humid.

Usage examples:

It was a hot, very muggy evening

adjective

(of weather) very warm and humid (= containing a lot of very small drops of water in the air)

adjective

Inflicting harsh and authoritarian treatment.

Usage examples:

An oppressive dictatorship

adjective

Oppressive weather is hot, with a lot of wetness in the air.

adjective

Having, showing, or caused by strong feelings or beliefs.

Usage examples:

Passionate pleas for help

adjective

Full of emotion

Usage examples:

A passionate speech, he really cares passionately about getting students to stay in school.

adjective

Causing anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately.

Usage examples:

A provocative article

noun

The action of cooking something in an oven or over an open fire.

Usage examples:

Maris piper potatoes are ideal for roasting

adjective

Very hot and dry.

Usage examples:

A roasting day in london

verb

Cook (food, especially meat) by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire.

Usage examples:

She was going to roast a leg of mutton for sunday dinner

adjective

Tempting and attractive; enticing.

Usage examples:

A seductive voice

adjective

Making you do, have, or believe something because it is very attractive

Usage examples:

Their marketing campaign was slick and seductive., a seductive black dress

adjective

Relating to or involving gratification of the senses and physical, especially sexual, pleasure.

Usage examples:

The production of the ballet is sensual and passionate

adjective

Expressing or suggesting physical pleasure

Usage examples:

A sensual mouth, they shared the sensual satisfaction of french food.

adjective

Sexually attractive or exciting.

Usage examples:

Sexy french underwear

adjective

Producing, filled with, or clouded with steam.

Usage examples:

A small steamy kitchen

adjective

Filled with steam

Usage examples:

By the time hannah finished her shower, the bathroom was all steamy.

adjective

Tending or designed to stick to things on contact.

Usage examples:

Sticky cakes and pastries

noun

A piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side, used for leaving messages or reminders.

Usage examples:

Perfect pictures of sunny days, birthday parties and proms, of boyfriends, girlfriends and parents …

adjective

Difficult to deal with or solve

Usage examples:

A sticky situation, a sticky issue, you had better wash your sticky fingers.

adjective

(of heat, air, or a room) very hot and causing difficulties in breathing; suffocating.

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Stifling heat

verb

Make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate.

Usage examples:

Those in the streets were stifled by the fumes

adjective

Extremely hot, with a lack of fresh air

Usage examples:

Summers in virginia have always had stifling humidity.

adjective

(of a place) lacking fresh air or ventilation.

Usage examples:

A stuffy, overcrowded office

adjective

Formal, boring, and not modern

Usage examples:

A stuffy, arrogant man, the office gets so stuffy in the afternoon.

adjective

Causing difficulty in breathing.

Usage examples:

The suffocating heat

verb

Die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe.

Usage examples:

They suffocated in their sleep

adjective

Something that is suffocating makes you feel uncomfortably hot or unable to breathe

Usage examples:

I've got to open the window - it's suffocating in here!, suffocating smoke/fumes, the book tells th…

adjective

Uncomfortably hot.

Usage examples:

A sweltering english summer

verb

Be uncomfortably hot.

Usage examples:

Barney sweltered in his doorman's uniform

adjective

Extremely hot

Usage examples:

A sweltering summer day

adjective

Appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or unwise.

Usage examples:

A tempting financial offer

verb

Entice or try to entice (someone) to do something that they find attractive but know to be wrong or unwise.

Usage examples:

There'll always be someone tempted by the rich pickings of poaching

adjective

If something is tempting, you want to do or have it

Usage examples:

A tempting offer, that pie looks very tempting., [ + to infinitive ] it's tempting to blame video g…

adjective

Very hot and dry.

Usage examples:

The torrid heat of the afternoon

adjective

(of weather) extremely hot

Usage examples:

Summers in the tropics are torrid., he kept up his torrid hitting pace with a sixth homer in eight …

adjective

A torrid period of time is full of difficult problems

Usage examples:

The manufacturing sector is going through torrid times., these were a torrid few days for spanish i…

adjective

Of, typical of, or peculiar to the tropics.

Usage examples:

Tropical countries

adjective

Of or characteristic of the tropics (= the hottest area of the earth)

Usage examples:

A tropical climate, a tropical storm

adjective

Curvaceous and sexually attractive (typically used of a woman).

Usage examples:

The backless gown was flattering; she was not a very voluptuous woman, but she was certainly not sh…

adjective

(esp. of women) having a full, curving shape

adjective

Of or at a fairly or comfortably high temperature.

Usage examples:

A warm september evening

verb

Make or become warm.

Usage examples:

I stamped my feet to warm them up

noun

A warm place or area.

Usage examples:

Stay in the warm, i've made up the fire for you