ovenlike
4.4
Feels very hot and stuffy, like the inside of an oven
- adjective
- /ˈʌvənˌlaɪk/
:
similar a un horno
- Nothing stirred in the oppressive, ovenlike heat.
Examples
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The room felt stuffy and oppressive, filled with an ovenlike warmth that made it hard to breathe.
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During the summer, the attic became an ovenlike space, radiating heat from all angles.
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As the sun beat down, the pavement shimmered under the ovenlike heat of the afternoon.
Synonyms
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vsovenlike
29
3.4
Too warm and without fresh air
adds a stronger sense of actual heating not only poor airflow
sizzling
vsovenlike
3
3.4
Very hot and making a hissing sound
is about air feeling close rather than burning or hissing heat
1
3.4
Feels very hot, like you are inside an oven
adds a stuffy airless quality to that intense heat
2.1
Very hot, like the heat inside an oven
often also suggests close humid air rather than heat alone
furnace-like
vsovenlike
4.5
Extremely hot, like the inside of an oven
is milder in focus and also includes air that feels stuffy
7.2
Hot, humid air that feels close and stuffy
stresses intense dry heat rather than humid closeness
8.4
Very hot, with high temperature or strong spice
is more neutral and can imply stuffy or enclosing heat
Antonyms
How Hot
Surface Forms
ovenlike positive
Morphology
Etymology
Ovenlike combines oven ('a place for baking') and -like ('similar to'). So it literally means 'similar to an oven', which is why we use it to say something is very hot or stuffy.