sultry

Adjective

• characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
  • the summer was sultry and oppressive
    
  • the stifling atmosphere
    
  • the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm
    

• sexually exciting or gratifying
  • sensual excesses
    
  • a sultry look
    
  • a sultry dance
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  stifling , sulfurous , sulphurous , sensual