muggy

  • 21muggy — Synonyms and related words: boggy, clammy, close, damp, dampish, dank, dewy, fenny, humid, marshy, moist, mucky, oppressive, rainy, roric, roriferous, soggy, steamy, sticky, stifling, stuffy, suffocating, sultry, swampy, tacky, undried, wet,… …

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  • 22muggy — North Country (Newcastle) Words the white throat …

    English dialects glossary

  • 23muggy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dank, oppressive, sultry, sticky. See moisture. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. damp, humid, moist; see wet 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. humid, damp, moist, sticky, close, clammy, steamy,… …

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  • 24muggy — mug·gy || mÊŒgɪ adj. hot and humid (Weather) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 25muggy — adjective (muggier, muggiest) (of the weather) unpleasantly warm and humid. Derivatives mugginess noun Origin C18: from dialect mug mist , from ON mugga …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 26muggy — a. 1. Wet, damp, moist, mouldy. 2. Close, warm, oppressive (said of the weather), uncomfortable …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 27muggy — adj humid, Inf. close, sticky, mucky, clammy, moist, damp; sultry, sweltering, sudorific, diaphoretic; steamy, steaming, dank, soggy, watery, wettish; dewy, foggy, vaporous, vaporific, misty, drizzly, dripping, rainy; tropical, hot, oppressive …

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  • 28muggy — mug·gy …

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  • 29muggy — mug•gy [[t]ˈmʌg i[/t]] adj. gi•er, gi•est mer (of the atmosphere, weather, etc.) oppressively humid; damp and close • Etymology: 1725–35; mug to drizzle (< Scand; cf. ON mugga mist, drizzle) + y I mug′gi•ness, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30muggy — /ˈmʌgi / (say mugee) adjective (muggier, muggiest) (of the atmosphere, weather, etc.) damp and close; humid and oppressive. {British dialect mug mist (from Old Norse mugga to drizzle) + y1} –mugginess, noun …