SULTRY definition: oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering. See examples of sultry used in a sentence.
SULTRY definition: 1. (of weather) uncomfortably warm and with air that is slightly wet 2. (especially of a woman's…. Learn more.
This starkly produced single combines a sultry female vocal with hypnotic electronics and shows Tricky at his subtle best.
Definition of sultry adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Extremely hot; torrid: the sultry sands of the desert. 2. a. Expressing sexual desire: a sultry look. b. Arousing sexual desire: a sultry dance. [From obsolete sulter, to swelter, possibly alteration of swelter.] sul′tri ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
sultry, adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
Synonyms for SULTRY: humid, damp, sticky, moist, muggy, tropical, tropic, steamy; Antonyms of SULTRY: dry, cool, fresh, refreshing, crisp, bracing, arid, dusty
Stifling, humid and downright oppressive, sultry is an adjective that has everything to do with sweltering heat and a definite need for a tall glass of iced tea.
sul try (sul′ trē), adj., -tri er, -tri est. oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering: a sultry day. oppressively hot; emitting great heat: the sultry sun. characterized by or associated with sweltering heat: sultry work in the fields. characterized by or arousing passion: sultry eyes.
The battlefield—an undulating, parched, and dusty expanse—is lying under the sultry sun of a July afternoon.