sultry

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   characterized by oppressive heat and humidity

   The summer was sultry and oppressive.

2. 2
   adj

   Hot and humid; sweltering.

   Other ſignes of the Hiues fullneſſe and readineſſe to ſwarm are at the Hiue-doore, […] Fourthly, their firſt lying forth in foggy and ſultrie mornings & euenings, & going in again when the aire is cleere.

3. 3
   adj

   Emitting great heat.

   The battlefield—an undulating, parched, and dusty expanse—is lying under the sultry sun of a July afternoon.

4. 4
   adj

   Sexually enthralling.

   When Chicanos think about us at all, they perpetuate the stereotypes. Gabacho depiction of us as emotionally unchecked, sultry women lusting after pale bodies is just an extension of the fantasy they have about all women. Such dishonest portrayals are why Chicanas are "breaking the silence," as Rita Sánchez calls it.

Common collocations

• sultry look Adjective + noun

From sulter (“verb (obsolete), a variant of swelter”) + -y; compare sweltry.

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