sultry
/ˈsʌltri
/adjective (sultrier, sultriest)
1(Of the air or weather) hot and humid: the sultry late summer weather had brought swarms of insects the air was warm, slightly humid but not sultry...
- As his plane moved through the sultry air at eleven thousand feet he reviewed his progress.
- It was a welcome relief from the sultry weather conditions for people as Chandigarh and the adjoining areas had a low to moderate rainfall today.
- So what's the next best option to escape from the sultry weather?
Synonyms
humid, close, airless, stuffy, stifling, suffocating, oppressive, muggy, sticky, sweltering, tropical, torrid, steamy, heavy;
hot, warm, boiling, roasting
2(Especially of a woman or her behaviour) displaying or suggesting a strongly sexual nature: a sultry French au pair...
- On the DVD cover is a picture of a rather sultry woman in a sensual pose.
- Has he ever witnessed any sultry housewives or teenage seductresses losing pieces of their bikinis in the water?
- A flicker of a sultry woman, moist with the warmth of water from the ocean, comes to mind.
Synonyms
passionate, attractive, sensual, sexy, voluptuous, luscious, erotic, seductive, provocative, alluring, tempting
Derivatives
sultrily
- Blue For The Most is a beguiling blend of trip-hop, pop and folk, swinging sultrily, with the sort of confidence that sets this debut apart.
- I was quite surprised to see a scantily clad mannequin reclining sultrily under the covers.
- And wearing a knowing smile, Jennie walked sultrily over to him, waving a fan of peacock feathers.
sultriness
/ noun ...- Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla, who died in 1992, created the ‘nuevo tango’, a music that mixes the sultriness of tango forms with the sophistication of classical techniques.
- Old Chloe was trying to be a sex kitten or something, but as The Hack observed she had ‘all the sultriness of a lukewarm washcloth.’
- There's an impossible, unreasonable glamour to the stars of the past; the hauteur of Dietrich, the sultriness of Bacall, the mystique of Garbo.
Origin
Late 16th century: from obsolete sulter 'swelter'.