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- Dictionarysultry/ˈsʌltri/
adjective
- 1. (of the air or weather) hot and humid: "the sultry late summer weather had brought swarms of insects" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of a person, especially a woman) attractive in a way that suggests a passionate nature: "a sultry French au pair" Similar
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(of weather) very hot and humid (= with air that contains very small drops of water): It was a sultry night, and I was walking home. sultry adjective (ATTRACTIVE) sexually attractive: a sultry dance. (Definition of sultry from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of sultry?
The meaning of SULTRY is very hot and humid : sweltering. How to use sultry in a sentence.
Sultry definition: oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering. See examples of SULTRY used in a sentence.
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.
Stifling, humid and downright oppressive, sultry is an adjective that has everything to do with sweltering heat and a definite need for a tall glass of iced tea. You know how movies about the Old South always show people wilting in the shade of their front porches, mopping their damp brows?
1. a. Very humid and hot: sultry July weather. b. Extremely hot; torrid: the sultry sands of the desert. 2. 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.
Definition of sultry adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
