steamysteam‧y /ˈstiːmi/ adjective 
- steamy love scenes
- a steamy locker room
- His latest production is a steamy thriller set in Hong Kong.
- The movie contains some pretty steamy scenes!
- But he has written a steamy thriller, much to the surprise of his conservative minions.
- In contrast to steamy hearings on the waterfront plan over the past seven years, only two critics showed up Thursday.
- So return with us to that steamy, sweaty shanty in Old Boston Town.
- The steamy yellow gruel in the bucket splashed out on to the kitchen floor.
- The three scents clashed deliciously and fought for supremacy in the hot steamy room.
- We drank a warm, steamy ale that Anders had brewed in the kitchen.
- Would they make love all day at some hot, steamy house somewhere in this glittering cosmopolitan city?
books, films, or pictures that are about sex► pornography also porn informal films, magazines, or pictures that show sexual acts and are intended to make people feel sexually excited: · It is now clear that there is a link between pornography and sex crimes.hard-core pornography (=very pornographic materials, which may be illegal): · Two trucks full of hard-core pornography were seized by customs officials today.hard porn (=very pornographic): · a back-street movie theater showing hard-porn moviessoft porn (=slightly pornographic material): · 81 per cent of our readers said they regularly watched soft-porn movies.
► pornographic a pornographic film, magazine, or picture shows or describes sexual acts in order to make people sexually excited: · He admitted possessing nude photographs, but denied they were pornographic.· She was offered $50,000 to pose for a pornographic magazine.
► erotic an erotic book, film, painting etc shows or describes sexual acts in a way that is deliberately sexually exciting but is also artistic: · He wrote both poetry and erotic literature.· A number of scenes in the film were very erotic.
► adult: adult film/magazine/entertainment etc an adult film etc is not suitable for children or young people because it shows sexual acts or images: · Adult magazines in shops must be kept where children cannot see them.
► steamy a steamy play, film etc shows sexual acts that people find exciting and slightly shocking: · The movie contains some pretty steamy scenes!· His latest production is a steamy thriller set in Hong Kong.
► raunchy a raunchy film, performance etc has a lot of parts in it that are about sex, and that are slightly exciting, amusing, or shocking: · Bette Midler came up with a typically raunchy performance that delighted the audience.
nounsteamsteameradjectivesteamyverbsteamadverbsteaming
steamy windows2sexually exciting and slightly shocking: