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sultriest

  • 1 sultriest

    a
    ყველაზე თაკარა

    English-Georgian dictionary > sultriest

  • 2 sangat pengap

    sultriest

    Indonesia-Inggris kamus > sangat pengap

  • 3 abrasador

    adj.
    scorching, burning, ardent, hot.
    * * *
    1 burning, scorching
    2 figurado consuming
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo burning (before n)
    * * *
    = burning, searing, blistering, scorching, baking hot, sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.], torrid.
    Ex. A choking emotion, partly made up of incredulity and in part a burning resentment filled Drew Pope.
    Ex. His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.
    Ex. The best place to be on a blistering day is in the shade.
    Ex. It is widely known that black robes help the Bedouins to keep cool in the scorching heat of the desert.
    Ex. He slept on a camp bed in the baking hot room between 12-hour shifts and survived on leftovers brought to him by friendly chefs.
    Ex. The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.
    Ex. The impression in England was that Queensland was a torrid place, not suitable for white occupation, and very thinly occupied, mostly by blacks.
    ----
    * calor abrasador = scorching heat, blistering heat, torrid heat.
    * día abrasador = scorcher.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo burning (before n)
    * * *
    = burning, searing, blistering, scorching, baking hot, sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.], torrid.

    Ex: A choking emotion, partly made up of incredulity and in part a burning resentment filled Drew Pope.

    Ex: His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.
    Ex: The best place to be on a blistering day is in the shade.
    Ex: It is widely known that black robes help the Bedouins to keep cool in the scorching heat of the desert.
    Ex: He slept on a camp bed in the baking hot room between 12-hour shifts and survived on leftovers brought to him by friendly chefs.
    Ex: The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.
    Ex: The impression in England was that Queensland was a torrid place, not suitable for white occupation, and very thinly occupied, mostly by blacks.
    * calor abrasador = scorching heat, blistering heat, torrid heat.
    * día abrasador = scorcher.

    * * *
    burning ( before n)
    * * *

    abrasador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    burning ( before n)
    abrasador,-ora adjetivo scorching

    ' abrasador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abrasadora
    English:
    blistering
    - burning
    - scorching
    - fiery
    - withering
    * * *
    abrasador, -ora adj
    burning;
    pasión abrasadora burning passion
    * * *
    adj scorching, burning
    * * *
    abrasador, - dora adj
    : burning, scorching

    Spanish-English dictionary > abrasador

  • 4 agobiante

    adj.
    1 overwhelming.
    2 exhausting, backbreaking, tough, arduous.
    3 tiresome.
    * * *
    1 (cansado) backbreaking, exhausting
    2 (abrumado) overwhelming
    3 (lugar) claustrophobic; (calor) oppressive
    4 (persona) tiresome, tiring
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [calor, ambiente, lugar] oppressive

    un día de verano agobiante — a stifling o sweltering summer's day

    2) (=insoportable) [trabajo, día] stressful; [pena, ritmo] unbearable; [responsabilidad] overwhelming
    * * *
    adjetivo, agobiador - dora adjetivo <trabajo/día> exhausting; < calor> stifling

    es una carga agobiante para él — it's/he's/she's a terrible burden on him

    * * *
    = oppressive, overpowering, stifling, suffocating, sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.], crippling, gut-wrenching, nightmarish.
    Ex. Holman has decided we must see Slake's background, and it is as bleak and oppressive as one supposed it must be.
    Ex. The librarian should at all times try to place himself in the position of the reader and ask just how much information will be useful without becoming overpowering.
    Ex. He calls for various strategies of resistance to counter the stifling hand of capitalism on Western culture.
    Ex. In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    Ex. The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.
    Ex. Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.
    Ex. In these gut-wrenching times it's important to know who the strongest, healthiest providers are to keep your money out of harm's way!.
    Ex. It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.
    * * *
    adjetivo, agobiador - dora adjetivo <trabajo/día> exhausting; < calor> stifling

    es una carga agobiante para él — it's/he's/she's a terrible burden on him

    * * *
    = oppressive, overpowering, stifling, suffocating, sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.], crippling, gut-wrenching, nightmarish.

    Ex: Holman has decided we must see Slake's background, and it is as bleak and oppressive as one supposed it must be.

    Ex: The librarian should at all times try to place himself in the position of the reader and ask just how much information will be useful without becoming overpowering.
    Ex: He calls for various strategies of resistance to counter the stifling hand of capitalism on Western culture.
    Ex: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    Ex: The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.
    Ex: Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.
    Ex: In these gut-wrenching times it's important to know who the strongest, healthiest providers are to keep your money out of harm's way!.
    Ex: It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.

    * * *
    adj,
    agobiador - dora adjective ‹trabajo/día› exhausting; ‹calor› stifling
    hacía un calor agobiante it was stifling o oppressively hot
    resultó ser una carga agobiante para él it turned out to be a terrible o crushing burden on him
    * * *

    agobiante,
    ◊ agobiador -dora adjetivo ‹trabajo/día› exhausting;


    ‹ calor› stifling;
    ◊ es una carga agobiante para él it's/he's/she's a terrible burden on him

    agobiante adjetivo
    1 (trabajo) overwhelming
    2 (espacio cerrado) claustrophobic
    3 (clima, temperatura) oppressive
    4 (persona) tiresome, tiring

    ' agobiante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    calor
    English:
    boiling
    - burdensome
    - oppressive
    - stifling
    - suffocating
    - crippling
    * * *
    [presión, trabajo, persona] overwhelming; [calor] stifling; [ambiente] oppressive;
    problemas agobiantes overwhelming problems;
    trabajo agobiante backbreaking work
    * * *
    adj
    1 trabajo exhausting
    2 calor stifling
    * * *
    1) : exhausting, overwhelming
    2) : stifling, oppressive

    Spanish-English dictionary > agobiante

  • 5 asfixiante

    adj.
    asphyxiating.
    m.
    asphyxiant.
    * * *
    1 asphyxiating, suffocating
    * * *
    a) <gas/humo> asphyxiating (before n)
    b) (fam) < calor> suffocating, stifling
    c) (fam) <ambiente/relación> oppressive, stifling
    * * *
    = suffocating, sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.].
    Nota: De calor.
    Ex. In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    Ex. The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.
    * * *
    a) <gas/humo> asphyxiating (before n)
    b) (fam) < calor> suffocating, stifling
    c) (fam) <ambiente/relación> oppressive, stifling
    * * *
    = suffocating, sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.].
    Nota: De calor.

    Ex: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.

    Ex: The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.

    * * *
    1 ‹gas/humo› asphyxiating ( before n), asphyxiant ( before n)
    2 ( fam); ‹calor› suffocating, stifling
    3 ( fam); ‹ambiente/relación› oppressive, stifling
    * * *

    asfixiante adjetivo
    a) ‹gas/humo› asphyxiating ( before n)

    b) (fam) ‹ calor› suffocating, stifling;

    ‹ambiente/relación› oppressive, stifling
    asfixiante adjetivo
    1 asphyxiating, suffocating
    2 (calor) stifling
    3 (ambiente) oppressive
    ' asfixiante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    suffocating
    * * *
    1. [humo, aire] asphyxiating
    2. [calor] stifling;
    hace un calor asfixiante it's stiflingly hot
    3. [relación, ambiente] stifling;
    una inflación asfixiante para la pequeña empresa a level of inflation crippling to small businesses
    * * *
    adj asphyxiating, suffocating

    Spanish-English dictionary > asfixiante

  • 6 bochornoso

    adj.
    1 shameful, embarrassing, humiliating.
    2 sultry, scorching, muggy.
    * * *
    1 (sofocante) hot, sultry, muggy
    2 figurado (vergonzoso) disgraceful, shameful
    * * *
    (f. - bochornosa)
    adj.
    2) shameful, embarrassing
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [tiempo, día] close *, stuffy *
    2) (=vergonzoso) degrading, shameful

    es un espectáculo bochornoso — it is a degrading spectacle, it is a shameful sight

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) < tiempo> sultry, muggy; < calor> sticky
    2) <espectáculo/situación> embarrassing
    * * *
    = mortifying, sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.], embarrassing.
    Ex. He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex. The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.
    Ex. This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.
    ----
    * de un modo bochornoso = shamefully.
    * fracaso bochornoso = embarrassing failure.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) < tiempo> sultry, muggy; < calor> sticky
    2) <espectáculo/situación> embarrassing
    * * *
    = mortifying, sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.], embarrassing.

    Ex: He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.

    Ex: The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.
    Ex: This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.
    * de un modo bochornoso = shamefully.
    * fracaso bochornoso = embarrassing failure.

    * * *
    A ‹tiempo› sultry, muggy; ‹calor› sticky
    hacía un día bochornoso it was a close o muggy day
    B ‹espectáculo/situación› embarrassing
    * * *

    bochornoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1 ‹ tiempo› sultry, muggy;
    ‹ calor› sticky;
    ◊ hacía un día bochornoso it was a close o muggy day

    2 ‹espectáculo/situación› embarrassing
    bochornoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (caluroso) sultry, close, muggy
    (sofocante) stifling
    2 fig (vergonzoso) shameful, embarrassing
    ' bochornoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bochornosa
    - cargado
    English:
    clammy
    - close
    - muggy
    - sticky
    - sultry
    * * *
    bochornoso, -a adj
    1. [tiempo] stifling, muggy
    2. [vergonzoso] embarrassing
    * * *
    adj
    1 tiempo sultry
    2 fig
    embarrassing
    * * *
    bochornoso, -sa adj
    1) embarazoso: embarrassing
    2) : hot and muggy

    Spanish-English dictionary > bochornoso

  • 7 caluroso

    adj.
    hot, warm, sweltering.
    * * *
    1 (tiempo) warm, hot
    2 figurado warm, enthusiastic
    * * *
    (f. - calurosa)
    adj.
    1) hot
    2) warm
    * * *
    ADJ [día, tiempo] warm, hot; [recibimiento] warm, enthusiastic; [aplausos] enthusiastic
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <día/clima> hot
    b) <acogida/aplauso> warm

    recibe un caluroso saludo — (Corresp) best wishes

    * * *
    = hearty [heartier -comp., heartiest -sup.], sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.].
    Nota: De calor.
    Ex. Replies indicated a hearty support for the role of the library but little knowledge of its importance to them.
    Ex. The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.
    ----
    * día caluroso = scorcher.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <día/clima> hot
    b) <acogida/aplauso> warm

    recibe un caluroso saludo — (Corresp) best wishes

    * * *
    = hearty [heartier -comp., heartiest -sup.], sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.].
    Nota: De calor.

    Ex: Replies indicated a hearty support for the role of the library but little knowledge of its importance to them.

    Ex: The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.
    * día caluroso = scorcher.

    * * *
    1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ‹día/clima› hot
    2 ‹acogida/recibimiento› warm; ‹aplauso› enthusiastic, warm
    * * *

     

    caluroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹día/clima› hot

    b) ‹acogida/aplauso› warm;


    caluroso,-a adjetivo
    1 hot
    una calurosa tarde de otoño, a hot autumn afternoon
    (que da calor) compré una chaqueta muy calurosa, I bought a warm coat
    2 (una bienvenida, un saludo) warm: la soprano recibió un caluroso aplauso, the soprano was greeted with enthusiastic applause
    ' caluroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bochorno
    - bochornosa
    - bochornoso
    - calurosa
    - dispensar
    English:
    accustom
    - enthusiastic
    - hearty
    - hot
    - roasting
    - warm
    - record
    - warmth
    * * *
    caluroso, -a adj
    1. [excesivamente] hot;
    [agradablemente] warm;
    una camisa muy calurosa a very warm shirt
    2. [afectuoso] warm
    3. Fam [sensible al calor]
    es muy caluroso he can't take the heat, he really feels the heat
    * * *
    adj hot; fig
    warm;
    una acogida calurosa a warm welcome
    * * *
    caluroso, -sa adj
    1) : hot
    2) : warm, enthusiastic
    * * *
    1. (en general) hot [comp. hotter; superl. hottest]
    2. (afectuoso) warm

    Spanish-English dictionary > caluroso

  • 8 sofocante

    adj.
    suffocating, stifling.
    * * *
    1 suffocating, stifling
    * * *
    ADJ stifling, suffocating
    * * *
    adjetivo <calor/temperaturas> suffocating, stifling; < relación> stifling
    * * *
    = stifling, suffocating, sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.], torrid.
    Ex. He calls for various strategies of resistance to counter the stifling hand of capitalism on Western culture.
    Ex. In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    Ex. The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.
    Ex. The impression in England was that Queensland was a torrid place, not suitable for white occupation, and very thinly occupied, mostly by blacks.
    ----
    * calor sofocante = torrid heat.
    * * *
    adjetivo <calor/temperaturas> suffocating, stifling; < relación> stifling
    * * *
    = stifling, suffocating, sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.], torrid.

    Ex: He calls for various strategies of resistance to counter the stifling hand of capitalism on Western culture.

    Ex: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    Ex: The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.
    Ex: The impression in England was that Queensland was a torrid place, not suitable for white occupation, and very thinly occupied, mostly by blacks.
    * calor sofocante = torrid heat.

    * * *
    ‹calor/temperaturas› suffocating, stifling; ‹relación› stifling
    el ambiente sofocante de la ciudad the stifling atmosphere of the town
    * * *

    sofocante adjetivo
    stifling
    sofocante adjetivo suffocating, stifling
    calor sofocante, stifling heat
    ' sofocante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bochorno
    - bochornosa
    - bochornoso
    English:
    oppressive
    - stifling
    - suffocating
    - sweltering
    * * *
    [calor] suffocating, stifling
    * * *
    adj suffocating
    * * *
    : suffocating, stifling
    * * *
    sofocante adj suffocating

    Spanish-English dictionary > sofocante

  • 9 tórrido

    adj.
    torrid, hot, scorching.
    * * *
    1 torrid
    * * *
    ADJ torrid
    * * *
    - da adjetivo torrid
    * * *
    = scorching, baking hot, piping hot, sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.], torrid.
    Ex. It is widely known that black robes help the Bedouins to keep cool in the scorching heat of the desert.
    Ex. He slept on a camp bed in the baking hot room between 12-hour shifts and survived on leftovers brought to him by friendly chefs.
    Ex. The monks then add milk and salt to taste and piping hot Tibetan tea is ready to serve.
    Ex. The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.
    Ex. The impression in England was that Queensland was a torrid place, not suitable for white occupation, and very thinly occupied, mostly by blacks.
    ----
    * calor tórrido = scorching heat, torrid heat, blistering heat.
    * zona tórrida, la = torrid zone, the.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo torrid
    * * *
    = scorching, baking hot, piping hot, sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.], torrid.

    Ex: It is widely known that black robes help the Bedouins to keep cool in the scorching heat of the desert.

    Ex: He slept on a camp bed in the baking hot room between 12-hour shifts and survived on leftovers brought to him by friendly chefs.
    Ex: The monks then add milk and salt to taste and piping hot Tibetan tea is ready to serve.
    Ex: The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.
    Ex: The impression in England was that Queensland was a torrid place, not suitable for white occupation, and very thinly occupied, mostly by blacks.
    * calor tórrido = scorching heat, torrid heat, blistering heat.
    * zona tórrida, la = torrid zone, the.

    * * *
    ‹zona/clima› torrid; ‹calor› scorching, torrid
    * * *

    tórrido,-a adjetivo torrid
    clima tórrido, hot climate
    ' tórrido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tórrida
    English:
    torrid
    * * *
    tórrido, -a adj
    1. [clima, zona] torrid
    2. [verano, tarde] sweltering, torrid
    * * *
    adj torrid
    * * *
    tórrido, -da adj
    : torrid

    Spanish-English dictionary > tórrido

  • 10 sultry

    1) ((of weather) hot but cloudy, and likely to become stormy.) bochornoso, sofocante
    2) ((of a person, especially a woman) passionate.) apasionado/a, ardiente; sensual
    •
    tr['sʌltrɪ]
    adjective (comp sultrier, superl sultriest)
    1 (weather) bochornoso,-a, sofocante
    2 (person) sensual
    sultry ['sʌltri] adj, sultrier ; - est
    1) : bochornoso
    sultry weather: tiempo sofocante, tiempo bochornoso
    2) sensual: sensual, seductor
    adj.
    • bochornoso, -a adj.
    'sʌltri
    adjective -trier, -triest
    1) <climate/day> sofocante, bochornoso
    2) <voice/smile/person> sensual, seductor
    ['sʌltrɪ]
    ADJ
    1) (=muggy) [day, weather] bochornoso, sofocante; [heat, air] sofocante, agobiante

    it was hot and sultry — hacía bochorno, hacía un calor sofocante

    2) (=seductive) [woman] seductor, sensual

    she gave him a sultry look — lo miró seductora, lo miró de forma sensual

    * * *
    ['sʌltri]
    adjective -trier, -triest
    1) <climate/day> sofocante, bochornoso
    2) <voice/smile/person> sensual, seductor

    English-spanish dictionary > sultry

  • 11 closest

    Синонимический ряд:
    1. fullest (adj.) fullest; most exact; most faithful; most rigorous; strictest
    2. most familiar (adj.) chummiest; friendliest; most confidential; most familiar; most intimate
    3. most immediate (adj.) most immediate; most near-at-hand; most nearby; most proximate; nearest; nighest
    4. most silent (adj.) dumbest; most close-lipped; most closemouthed; most close-mouthed; most close-tongued; most inconversable; most reserved; most reticent; most shut-mouthed; most silent; most silentious; most speechless; most taciturn; most tight-lipped; most tight-mouthed; most uncommunicative; most wordless
    5. stingiest (adj.) cheapest; meanest; most cheeseparing; most closefisted; most close-fisted; most costive; most hardfisted; most hardhanded; most ironfisted; most mingy; most miserly; most narrow-fisted; most narrowhearted; most niggard; most niggardly; most parsimonious; most penny-pinching; most penny-wise; most penurious; most pinching; most pinchpenny; most save-all; most scrimy; most tightfisted; most ungenerous; most ungiving; scrimpiest; stingiest
    6. stuffiest (adj.) most airless; most breathless; most stifling; most stivy; most suffocating; stuffiest; sultriest
    7. thickest (adj.) densest; most compact; most confining; most cramped; most crowded; most packed; narrowest; thickest
    8. tightest (adj.) tautest; tensest; tightest

    English-Russian base dictionary > closest

  • 12 sultry

    sultry ['sʌltrɪ] (compar sultrier, superl sultriest)
    (a) (weather) lourd; (heat) étouffant, suffocant
    (b) (person, look, smile) sensuel; (voice) chaud, sensuel

    Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > sultry

  • 13 ყველაზე თაკარა

    a
    sultriest

    Georgian-English dictionary > ყველაზე თაკარა

  • 14 schwülste

    1. muggiest
    2. sultriest

    Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch > schwülste

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  • Sultriest — Sultry Sul try (s[u^]l tr[y^]), a. [Compar. {Sultrier} (s[u^]l tr[i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Sultriest}.] [From {Sweltry}.] 1. Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya s sultry deserts. [1913 Webster] Such as, born beneath the burning sky And… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sultriest — sul·try || sÊŒltrɪ adj. hot and humid, stifling; extremely hot; sensuous …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Sultrier — Sultry Sul try (s[u^]l tr[y^]), a. [Compar. {Sultrier} (s[u^]l tr[i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Sultriest}.] [From {Sweltry}.] 1. Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya s sultry deserts. [1913 Webster] Such as, born beneath the burning sky And… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sultry — Sul try (s[u^]l tr[y^]), a. [Compar. {Sultrier} (s[u^]l tr[i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Sultriest}.] [From {Sweltry}.] 1. Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya s sultry deserts. [1913 Webster] Such as, born beneath the burning sky And sultry sun,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sultry — sultrily, adv. sultriness, n. /sul tree/, adj., sultrier, sultriest. 1. oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering: a sultry day. 2. oppressively hot; emitting great heat: the sultry sun. 3. characterized by or associated with sweltering… …   Universalium

  • sultry — [ sʌltri] adjective (sultrier, sultriest) 1》 (of the weather) hot and humid. 2》 (of a woman) displaying or suggesting a strongly sexual nature. Derivatives sultrily adverb sultriness noun Origin C16: from obs. sulter swelter …   English new terms dictionary

  • sultry — /ˈsʌltri / (say sultree) adjective (sultrier, sultriest) 1. oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering. 2. oppressively hot, as the weather, etc. 3. characterised by or associated with sweltering heat. 4. characterised by or arousing temper… …  

  • sultry — ► ADJECTIVE (sultrier, sultriest) 1) (of the weather) hot and humid. 2) displaying or suggesting passion; provocative. ORIGIN from obsolete sulter «swelter» …   English terms dictionary

  • sultry — [sul′trē] adj. sultrier, sultriest [var. of SWELTRY] 1. oppressively hot and moist; close; sweltering 2. extremely hot; fiery 3. a) hot or inflamed, as with passion or lust b) suggesting or expressing smoldering passio …   English World dictionary

  • sultry — adj. (sultrier, sultriest) 1 (of the atmosphere or the weather) hot or oppressive; close. 2 (of a person, character, etc.) passionate; sensual. Derivatives: sultrily adv. sultriness n. Etymology: obs. sulter SWELTER …   Useful english dictionary

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