muggy
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2.6
- adjective
- /ˈmʌɡi/
:
bochornoso
- The humid, muggy air made it difficult to breathe during the summer picnic.
- muggy night
- muggy afternoon
- muggy day
And it's extremely muggy and and hot in in DC.
- And it's extremely muggy and and hot in in DC.
- If you went to Fort Polk, which was in Louisiana JRTC that was more hot, humid, muggy, disgusting mosquitoes, snakes.
- It was a very hot, muggy day that day and I left the subway, got out of the subway, walked to the loft where Carol was living with a girlfriend.
Examples
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"It's cool up here, but it's plenty hot and muggy down there.
Fiction book (1994) -
So I thought because today it is hot and muggy and gross outside.
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You said it was muggy in here, and the first thing you did when you came back up here was open the window.
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Anybody who can clear up muggy air like that inside a week, you have to pay attention.
Fiction book (1994) -
It's the only time I hate New York, when it's hot and muggy.
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And anyway, the air conditioning is losing its battle against the muggy afternoon.
Fiction book (1999) -
This rain's just made everything more muggy.
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We walked to the Harvard Square station through the muggy New England night.
Fiction book (1991) -
"After how hot and muggy this afternoon was, it's gotten a lot cooler than I expected."
Fiction book (1993) -
Although it was fall, the air was still muggy and made my clothes stick close to my sweating skin.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
45
1.0
Air that has a lot of water and feels damp
29
3.4
Too warm and without fresh air
24
1.0
Hot, humid weather that makes you feel sweaty and uncomfortable
13
3.0
Hot and humid, often making you sweat
13
2.7
A room with little fresh air that feels uncomfortable to breathe in
5
5.3
Very hot and humid in an uncomfortable way
1
4.8
Weather that is very hot and humid makes you sweat and feel uncomfortable
A very hot and humid feeling that makes you uncomfortable
Hot, humid air that feels close and stuffy
Warm and stuffy because there is little fresh air
How Humid
Surface Forms
Etymology
Muggy comes from an old word mug that meant 'damp' or 'stuffy', and a helpful image is a mug trapping warm, wet air. So, muggy describes air that feels 'unpleasantly warm and humid'.