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sul·try

(sŭl′trē)

adj. sul·tri·er, sul·tri·est

a. Very humid and hot: sultry July weather.

b. Extremely hot; torrid: the sultry sands of the desert.

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·ly adv.

sul′tri·ness n.

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sultry

(ˈsʌltrɪ)

adj, -trier or -triest

1. (Physical Geography) (of weather or climate) oppressively hot and humid

2. characterized by or emitting oppressive heat

3. displaying or suggesting passion; sensual: sultry eyes.

[C16: from obsolete sulter to swelter + -y¹]

ˈsultrily adv

ˈsultriness n

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sul•try

(ˈsʌl tri)

adj. -tri•er, -tri•est.

1. oppressively hot and close or humid; sweltering: a sultry day.

2. oppressively hot; emitting great heat: the sultry sun.

3. characterized by or arousing passion: sultry eyes.

[1585–95; sult(e)r (variant of swelter) + -y¹]

sul′tri•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	sultry - sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance" sensual hot - extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument"
	2.	sultry - characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm" stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous hot - used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead"

sultry

adjective

1. humid, close, hot, sticky, stifling, oppressive, stuffy, sweltering, muggy The climax came one sultry August evening.
humid fresh, cool, refreshing, invigorating

2. seductive, sexy (informal), sensual, voluptuous, passionate, erotic, provocative, amorous, come-hither (informal) a dark-haired sultry woman

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sultry

adjective

1. Damp and warm:

humid, muggy, soggy, sticky.

2. Marked by much heat:

ardent, baking, blistering, boiling, broiling, burning, fiery, heated, hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling, sweltering, torrid.

Translations

حار وغائِمعاطِفي، سَريع الغَضَب

dusnývášnivý

lummersensuel

heftig schwül

étouffant

ástríîufullurmollulegur, heitur og rakur

afoso provocante

tvankumas

kaislīgskarstasinīgstveicīgs

zwoel

ateşliboğucu

易激动的闷热的

sultry

[ˈsʌltrɪ] 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

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sultry

[ˈsʌltri] adj [weather, day] → étouffant(e)

sultry

adj weather, atmosphere → schwül; woman → heißblütig, temperamentvoll; voice, beauty, look → glutvoll

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sultry

[ˈsʌltrɪ] adj (weather) → afoso/a, opprimente; (woman, character) → ardente, sensuale

sultry

(ˈsaltri) adjective

1. (of weather) hot but cloudy, and likely to become stormy.

2. (of a person, especially a woman) passionate.

ˈsultriness noun

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