Sultry
adjective, 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 heat:
sultry work in the fields.
4.
characterized by or arousing passion:
sultry eyes.
adjective -trier, -triest
1.
(of weather or climate) oppressively hot and humid
2.
characterized by or emitting oppressive heat
3.
displaying or suggesting passion; sensual: sultry eyes
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