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sultriness

sultriness

6.4
Hot, humid weather that makes you feel tired and uncomfortable
  • noun
  • /ˈsʌltrɪnəs/
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  • All this by scorching sun and sultriness.

Examples

  • I have experienced periods when the whole world of feelings, with its demonic sultriness, seemed incomprehensibly foreign, fabricated from the outset, affected, and messy.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Look at the sultriness in here.

    #FollowMe (2019)

  • The sultriness of the summer afternoon made everyone seek refuge in the cool shade.

  • We could feel the sultriness in the air as we walked through the tropical garden.

  • The sultriness of the night made it hard to sleep without a fan.

Synonyms

hotness
vssultriness
1 1.4

How warm something is because of its temperature

combines heat with air moisture to produce an oppressive heaviness
mugginess
vssultriness
4.2

Air that is warm and humid and feels uncomfortable

is even more oppressive and heavy in hot humid weather
humidness
vssultriness
2.9

Water in the air that makes it feel wet

adds strong heat to moisture and creates an oppressive feeling
torridity
vssultriness
9.6

Very hot weather that makes the air dry and uncomfortable

stresses added moisture and an oppressive heavy sensation rather than dry heat

Antonyms

coolness
6 1.0

A light, pleasant cold in the air or shade

How Sultry

sultriness
6.4
mugginess
4.2
heat
583 1.0
warmth
90 1.0

Surface Forms

sultriness singular
sultrinesses plural

Morphology

sultriness = sultry (transparent) = sultry + ness

A straightforward nominalization: 'sultry' (hot/humid) + '-ness' yields the quality of being sultry.

Etymology

The word sultriness comes from an old idea of close, heavy heat, similar to the common word swelter, so you can picture air that is 'oppressively hot and humid' and makes you sweat.