muggy

/'mʌgi/

Thân thiện

The weather is muggy this afternoon.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Unpleasantly warm and humid: Describes weather or air that is uncomfortably hot, damp, and lacking fresh movement, often causing a sticky feeling.

Usage

• The word "muggy" is used to describe an atmosphere, typically weather, that feels oppressively warm and moist. It often implies a lack of breeze and a sense of heaviness in the air.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The air was so muggy that my clothes stuck to my skin.
  • We decided to stay indoors due to the muggy afternoon.
  • Muggy conditions are common before a summer thunderstorm.

Advanced Usage

• "mugginess" (noun): The state or quality of being muggy.
  • The mugginess made it difficult to sleep.

Variants and Related Words

• Sticky (adj): Similar to muggy, emphasizing a damp, clinging warmth.
• Humid (adj): Containing a high amount of water vapor; a more general term for which "muggy" is a more intense, unpleasant synonym.
• Sultry (adj): Hot and humid, often with a connotation of being oppressively so, similar to muggy.

Synonyms

• Sticky
• Sultry
• Steamy
• Oppressive (when referring to weather)
• Close (when referring to air)

Antonyms

• Dry
• Crisp
• Fresh
• Cool
• Arid

Học thuật

Adjective

1. hot or warm and humid
   • muggy weather
   • the steamy tropics
   • sticky weather

Từ đồng nghĩa

• steamy
• sticky