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S AH1 L T R IY0
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Hot and humid; sweltering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences, weather
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: oppressive, muggy, sticky
Antonyms: none provided
Emitting great heat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Sexually enthralling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the summer was sultry and oppressive the stifling atmosphere the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
sexually exciting or gratifying
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
sensual excesses a sultry look a sultry dance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sensual
Antonyms: none provided
From sulter (“verb (obsolete), a variant of swelter”) + -y; compare sweltry.
Across languages
Translations
81 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Central Bikol :
maalingahot
— hot and humid
Bulgarian :
зноен
(znoen)
— hot and humid
Bulgarian :
душен
(dušen)
— hot and humid
Catalan :
xafogós
— hot and humid
Czech :
dusný
— hot and humid
Czech :
parný
— hot and humid
Danish :
lummer
— hot and humid
Dutch :
stikkend
— hot and humid
Dutch :
zwoel
— hot and humid
Esperanto :
aermanka
— hot and humid
Esperanto :
sufoka
— hot and humid
Finnish :
painostava
— hot and humid
French :
étouffant
— hot and humid
French :
lourd
— hot and humid
German :
schwül
— hot and humid
Greek :
υγρός και ζεστός
(ygrós kai zestós)
— hot and humid
Hungarian :
fülledt
— hot and humid
Hungarian :
fullasztó
— hot and humid
Hungarian :
tikkasztó
— hot and humid
Irish :
meirbh
— hot and humid
Irish :
brothallach
— hot and humid
Irish :
marbhánta
— hot and humid
Italian :
afoso
— hot and humid
Japanese :
蒸し暑い
(mushiatsui)
— hot and humid
Kapampangan :
malisangan
— hot and humid
Latin :
aestifer
— hot and humid
Māori :
tūāhuru
— hot and humid
Mongolian :
бүгчим
(bügčim)
— hot and humid
Mongolian :
ᠪᠦᠭᠴᠢᠮ
(bügčim)
— hot and humid
Norwegian Bokmål :
lummer
— hot and humid
Norwegian Nynorsk :
lummer
— hot and humid
Plautdietsch :
schwool
— hot and humid
Polish :
duszny
— hot and humid
Polish :
gorący
— hot and humid
Polish :
parny
— hot and humid
Portuguese :
mormacento
— hot and humid
Russian :
зно́йный
(znójnyj)
— hot and humid
Serbo-Croatian :
sporno
— hot and humid
Spanish :
bochornoso
— hot and humid
Swedish :
kvalmig
— hot and humid
Tagalog :
maalinsangan
— hot and humid
Thai :
ร้อนชื้น
— hot and humid
Turkish :
sıcak ve nemli
— hot and humid
Ottoman Turkish :
ایصی
(ısı, ıssı)
— hot and humid
Ottoman Turkish :
حریر
(harir)
— hot and humid
Ottoman Turkish :
حرارتلو
(hararetli)
— hot and humid
Bulgarian :
жарък
(žarǎk)
— very hot and dry
Catalan :
tòrrid
— very hot and dry
Czech :
žhavý
— very hot and dry
Danish :
trykkende
— very hot and dry
Dutch :
snikheet
— very hot and dry
Finnish :
helteinen
— very hot and dry
Finnish :
paahteinen
— very hot and dry
French :
torride
— very hot and dry
Galician :
tórrido
— very hot and dry
German :
drückend
— very hot and dry
German :
heiß
— very hot and dry
Greek :
αποπνικτικός
(apopniktikós)
— very hot and dry
Portuguese :
tórrido
— very hot and dry
Russian :
зно́йный
(znójnyj)
— very hot and dry
Spanish :
tórrido
— very hot and dry
Catalan :
calent
— sexually enthralling
Czech :
smyslný
— sexually enthralling
Czech :
svůdný
— sexually enthralling
Czech :
vášnivý
— sexually enthralling
Danish :
sanselig
— sexually enthralling
Danish :
sensuel
— sexually enthralling
Dutch :
zwoel
— sexually enthralling
Dutch :
sensueel
— sexually enthralling
Finnish :
kuuma
— sexually enthralling
French :
torride
— sexually enthralling
Galician :
quente
— sexually enthralling
German :
sexy
— sexually enthralling
German :
heiß
— sexually enthralling
Greek :
φλογερός
(flogerós)
— sexually enthralling
Irish :
macnasach
— sexually enthralling
Polish :
uwodzicielski
— sexually enthralling
Portuguese :
tórrido
— sexually enthralling
Russian :
зно́йный
(znójnyj)
— sexually enthralling
Spanish :
caliente
— sexually enthralling
Spanish :
tórrido
— sexually enthralling