muggy

Adjective
Synonyms: steamysticky

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. hot or warm and humid“muggy weather”“the steamy tropics”“sticky weather”Synonyms: steamysticky
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Muggy \Mug"gy\ (m[u^]g"g[y^]), a. [Compar. Muggier (m[u^]g"g[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Muggiest.] [Cf. Icel. mugga mist, mugginess. Cf. 4th Mold.]

1.Moist; damp; moldy; as, muggy straw. [1913 Webster]

2.Warm, damp, and windless; uncomfortably hot and humid; sultry; as, muggy air, weather. [1913 Webster]

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